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‘It’s a disaster’: Leave voters on 10 ye...

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It’s been ten years, six prime ministers and one pandemic since Britain voted to exit the European Union. So what do Leave voters think of the choice they made? Is the country any better off now than in 2016? We decided to ask some of them.


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Guest: Oliver Wright, policy editor, The Times. 

Host: Luke Jones. 

Producers: Micaela Arneson, Harry Bligh. 

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Read more: Brexit, the verdict: ten years on in a bellwether constituency

Further listening: Has Britain become ungovernable?

Clips: BBC, AP, Sky News.

Photo: Getty Images.


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