A decade after Brexit, UK voters reflect on decision to break from European Union

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. Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors.

Geoff Bennett:

Today is the 10th anniversary of the most divisive day in Britain's recent history, Brexit, its 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 E.U.'s economic constraints.But, as Malcolm Brabant reports from Blackpool in the northwest of England, leave and remain voters have one thing in common. They're not celebrating.

Malcolm Brabant:

June 2016, when Britain was split almost right down the middle, as 52 percent of the country demanded a divorce from the European Union.