'No one in the UK seems happy over Brexit': Reporter Clovis Casali
ONP Summary
A decade after the 2016 referendum to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom faces documented economic costs with households approximately 8 percent poorer, while political instability has produced six Prime Ministers in succession. Public opinion has shifted dramatically—recent polling indicates nearly 60 percent of Britons now view the decision as mistaken. The immigration concerns that originally drove support for Brexit have not been resolved; instead, these same grievances are now fueling a surge in far-right and populist movements.
Moderate: Centrist-leaning outlets emphasize the divergence between Brexit's promised benefits and actual outcomes, focusing on measurable economic damage, persistent political instability, and overwhelming public regret shown in polling. They highlight a troubling paradox: the immigration grievances that motivated the original vote remain unaddressed and are now channeling into even more extreme populist and far-right political movements.
Conservative: Conservative-leaning outlets take varied approaches: some articles defend the Brexit decision or question the prevailing 'cataclysmic mistake' narrative, while others report public dissatisfaction in neutral terms without emphasizing economic failure and broken promises. The framing generally resists the concentrated focus on economic costs and political dysfunction found in centrist coverage.
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As the UK marks a decade since the Brexit vote that took it out of the European Union, our reporter who's been back to gauge the mood in the UK says no one seems happy with the result.
To mark the anniversary, FRANCE 24 filmed a special edition of our Revisited programme, talking to some of those most affected by the decision.
Clovis Casali says he found that those who voted to remain are still unhappy that the UK is now no longer an EU member, while those who voted to leave say politicians let them down after the referendum and the hard Brexit they wanted never happened.
He spoke to us in Perspective. ...