It’s been ten whole years since the UK looked the European Union dead in the eye and said, "We’re done." It was the ultimate geopolitical divorce, and the streets are still feeling the aftershocks. To mark a decade since this historic shake-up, "Politics Weekly UK" has dropped a brand new podcast series called "Brexit: An Oral History." Hosted by Kiran Stacey, this show is bringing back the major players and backroom operators from both sides of the 2016 beef to talk about how the entire political game was flipped upside down.

This project is built solid from the ground up, with Frankie Tobi producing the track, Axel Kacoutié laying down the original music, and Maz Ebtehaj steering the ship as executive producer. You can listen to the whole story unfold on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or grab the direct RSS download. The podcast isn't just about politicians talking in fancy codes; it's a look back at how the people at the top made a massive mess, and how the regular folks in the community had to hustle to survive the fallout.

Let’s keep it a hundred: back in 2016, the corporate suits and the politicians were playing a high-stakes game. The establishment was on TV every single night telling everybody that if we left the EU, the sky would fall and the economy would completely flatline. But for the people in the hood, things weren't exactly great anyway. After years of the government cutting funding for schools, youth clubs, and local services, people were sick of the status quo. When the Leave campaign promised to put money back into the local communities and the NHS, a lot of people saw a chance to throw a punch at the system and see what happened.

But ten years down the line, we’ve got to talk about the reality of the situation. The politicians promised a dream of quick cash and easy trade, but the actual result was a massive cost-of-living crisis. Inflation hit the supermarkets hard, making everyday groceries cost double what they used to, and the energy bills started looking like phone numbers. While the rich politicians who campaigned for the split went back to their luxury high-rises, the working class ended up paying the tab for this massive transition. Stacey's podcast goes deep into the archive to show how these broken promises were sold to the public.

In "Brexit: An Oral History," Kiran Stacey gets these political operators to drop the media training and speak plain. The interviews reveal the massive gap between the people making the decisions and the people living the reality. The suits in London treated the entire future of the country like a game of Monopoly, calculating their next political moves while ignoring the fact that real families were struggling to put food on the table.