A QUESTION Time-style event followed Tim Martin’s talk at the Woodrow Wilson Wetherspoons pub, with punters having their say on politics.

Among those were Carlisle resident, Angelien Baty, a Remainer. She told the News & Star: “I just wanted to try and summarise what I felt he [Tim] said, that Brexit, as far as he was concerned, was like, not selling your car, or the next-door neighbour not buying your car, and deciding whether he wanted it or didn’t.

“[His talk] also appeared to be a lot about drink, and how much you would have to pay for beer, wine, spirits, that sort of thing.

“I just wanted to ask him, is it that simple?

“Is it as simple as coming down to buy a car from your neighbour and deciding not to, or the price of drink, which seemed to be the main substance of his conversation?”

Unimpressed with Mr Martin’s response, she added: “To be perfectly honest, he didn’t have an answer.

“It isn’t that simple, I don’t care on what terms he tries to say it, leaving something with 28 other countries.

“We [Britain], have been too much involved over the years with what’s going on, its meshed together, and you can’t just unmesh them in one fell swoop on a certain date in March.

“It doesn’t work like that, people’s lives, people’s research - all sorts of complicated things which are meshed together, we can’t just depart on one day of the year.”

Also quizzing Tim was Jonathan Davis, 45, from Penrith.

Mr Davis, the party leader for new political group Cumbria First, said: “What we need to know, its how it is going to impact our farmers, because at this moment in time, with WTO (World Trade Organisation) rules, if we drop out with no deal, its going to mean that farmers will face, on lamb exports alone, a 68 per cent tariffs being exposed on them.

“That will impact the local economy, nevermind the national economy, drastically, but what we do know is that WTO will not be the magic golden egg for Cumbria, or for anywhere in the country.

“No deal is just not an option in my view.”

Meanwhile, John Studholme, 75, from Kendal, also presented Tim with a chart, detailing a political poll done on the streets of Carlisle about Theresa May’s Brexit deal, just before Christmas last year.

Speaking afterwards, John, the co-ordinator of People’s Vote group, Carlisle, said: “Eight of us were in the city on December 8, and we got feedback from random people in the Market Square.

“Out of all those people, only two people liked Theresa May’s deal.

“Leaving with no deal, which is what Tim is suggesting, a few more were in favour of that.

“So there was two for Theresa May, five for no deal, and 116 for staying in the European Union.”

The Wetherspoons boss arrived in Carlisle by train from his home in Exeter on Tuesday evening, ahead of the talks on Wednesday.

Following his visit to the city, Tim also travelled west to Whitehaven, speaking at the The Bransty Arch pub, on Bransty Row, before heading to the south of the county to meet pub-goers at The Furness Railway on Abbey Road, Barrow that evening.

Mr Martin had beeno scheduled to appear at the Henry Bessemer in Workington, but cancelled the visit on Monday as part of a number of itinerary changes.

His Whitehaven visit was brought forward to 1pm, instead of 2.30pm, and appeared in Barrow at 4.30pm.

The tour is being backed by #StandUpForBrexit, a grassroots campaign to ensure Brexit as promised is delivered.

The Brexit referendum was held in June 2016 in which 51.9 per cent of the more than 30m people opted to leave.