Irish Examiner view: Brexit's seismic effects have resulted in a bewildering political fallout

The concept was sold to the British people as an opportunity to recreate sovereignty, free trade, and greater border control. There is little doubt that it failed on each of those objectives

People during a National Rejoin March in London, marking 10 years since the Brexit referendum. Picture: Jeff Moore/PA

As Keir Starmer prepares to exit 10 Downing St as the prime minister of a once-great Britain, it could reasonably be argued that he is yet another political victim of the cataclysmic decision his fellow citizens took 10 years ago tomorrow to take their country out of the EU.

Brexit, the cover-all term invented to describe Britain’s exit from a half-century project to integrate itself with a broader ideal of European unity — economically, socially and politically — eventually led to a tumultuous shake-up of every aspect of society across the country.