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How do people feel about Brexit three years on?

The Brexit referendum of 2016 divided the UK. For some Brexit was an exhilarating opportunity, for others a self-inflicted wound.

It led to the immediate downfall of former prime minister David Cameron, the tormenting and eventual toppling of his successor Theresa May, and along the way it raised questions about the durability of the United Kingdom.

So three years after the UK left the EU, how are people feeling in Westminster, and in Sunderland? - the place where results first indicated that Brexit was on the way.

Newsnight’s political editor Nick Watt has been assessing the political mood.

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