An Associated Press article by Jill Lawless on pbs.org chronicles how the U.K.'s 52%-48% vote to leave the EU on 23 June 2016 broke British politics, ushering in a decade of turmoil that saw David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss all depart in failure and Keir Starmer quit on 22 June 2026 after two sluggish years, with a seventh prime minister now due. The article says Brexit left trade barriers, a struggling economy, heightened immigration fights, soaring cynicism and voters deserting both big parties for Nigel Farage's poll-leading Reform UK, while an Ipsos survey finds 52% would rejoin the EU.