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A decade after Brexit, UK voters reflect on break from EU

Season 2026 Episode 129 | 8m 32s

Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of the most divisive day in Britain’s recent history: Brexit, the vote to leave the European Union. Voters were promised a Britain free of European laws, decreased immigration, and a major boost to business, without the EU’s economic constraints. But as Malcolm Brabant reports, leave and remain voters have one thing in common. They’re not celebrating.

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