NPR.

This is the indicator from planet money, I'm Whalen Wong.

And I'm Paddy Hirsch.

50 years ago, the UK joined orders today called the European Union.

This was never a particularly comfortable marriage.

And three years ago, Britain and Europe were finally divorced.

Britain has for years been split on the issue of whether to stay in the EU.

But in a 2016 referendum, nearly 52% of voters said they wanted out.

Three years after Brexit, however, 57% of voters pulled say they now believe it was a mistake.

Yeah, only one in five brits think that Brexit's going well.

And businesses feel the same way.

Most firms trading with the EU say the existing relationship with Europe is no help at all

when it comes to increasing sales or growing their businesses.

They call it regret, call it for Brexit.

Whatever you want to call it, Brits are feeling it.

Today, we're going to look at why the opposition to Brexit has gotten so strong recently.

And why UK businesses in particular are feeling buyers remorse.

Brits are not happy about Brexit.

Polls, if you said any store by them, show a 10 point swing in the last year or so that

now the majority of British voters think it was a bad idea for the UK to leave the EU.

This doesn't necessarily mean that a large number of people who voted to leave when I

regretting their decision.

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