And the most complicated story of 2019 was...

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🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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We asked our listeners which 2019 story you still want explained. At the top of the list: Brexit. Totally fair. British voters chose to leave the European Union in 2016, but here we are three years later and … that still hasn’t happened. So we’re gonna get into why Brits wanted to Brexit in the first place, why that was easier said than done, and where the Brexit process currently stands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Monday, December 23rd.
0:03.1	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.4	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on
0:08.1	why they matter.
0:09.4	Listeners, we asked a new answer.
0:12.5	What was the most complicated story of 2019?
0:15.8	Come with us and we will get Brexit done.
0:19.5	Hard to least sick of the Brexit nightmare.
0:23.3	Absolutely no agreement about what Brexit meant.
0:28.3	Just calm and carry on.
0:30.0	Your skim on Brexit is about to begin.
0:32.6	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:34.4	Let's skim this.
0:39.2	So first, what is Brexit?
0:41.7	To get into that, we have to go back a few years.
0:46.4	The United Kingdom has been a member of the European Union since 1973.
0:51.1	But even since the beginning, there's always been a bit of Euro skepticism.
0:55.0	A lot of people didn't want to be a part of the European Union.
0:58.4	They didn't like the EU encroaching on how the UK operates.
1:02.2	One of the big issues was over immigration.
1:04.7	EU member countries have open borders, which means citizens can move freely between countries,
1:10.3	get new jobs, and move on in.
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