10 years later, a majority of Britons say "Brexit" was a mistake

London — A decade after the public referendum vote that led to the United Kingdom's " Brexit " from the European Union, a majority of Britons now say leaving the bloc was a mistake, according to a recent survey by the independent YouGov polling organization. "Brexit has been an absolute disaster for the country," one pro-EU campaigner told France 24 on Monday, the eve of the referendum anniversary. "Not just economically, but loss of freedom of movement, families being split up." Brexit has split Britain "down the middle, and nothing good has come of that since," said another. Demonstrators take part in the National Rejoin March, calling for the United Kingdom to rejoin the European Union on the 10th anniversary of the Brexit referendum, on June 20, 2026, in London, United Kingdom. Zeynep Demir/Anadolu via Getty Images The U.K. has been mired in political turmoil since the vote, with seven prime ministers in the last 10 years struggling to deal with the fallout — and the economic impact in particular, which has been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and then the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Leaving the EU has reduced British productivity, imports and exports, according to the Office for Budgetary Responsibility , while an analysis of government data shows the economy took a 6% hit as a result of Brexit . "The consequences 10 years on are worse than we feared," London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who campaigned to remain in the EU ahead of the referendum, said recently. …