Today is the 7th anniversary of the Brexit vote.
On June 23 2016, Britain went to the polls to vote on whether to stay or leave the EU in a referendum that divided the country's opinion unlike any had done before. Since then the country has faced unprecedented challenges, with the covid pandemic and the cost of living crisis being the most recent.
In the days that led up to the vote, not many people would have predicted it would shape up as it did. Since then, we've had five different prime ministers, including David Cameron who resigned on the day the decision to leave was announced. It would be almost four years before the country actually left the union
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Its impact on the country has been massive. So much was promised in the campaign spearheaded by Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings and Nigel Farage, as well as others - with the promise to spend £350m to the NHS every week perhaps the most jarring undelivered promise.
In 2016 Liverpool voted quite clearly in favour of staying in the EU, with 58.2% of voters backing remain. In Wirral and Sefton the figures were closer to 52%.
We want to hear what you think about the vote all these years later? Did you vote leave or stay? Do you regret your decision? Tell us what you think seven years on from the Brexit vote in the comments.
In the years that followed there have been reports of empty supermarket shelves and shortages blamed on the lack of lorry drivers from the EU. Studies have also suggested that Brexit has made the cost of living crisis even worse, fuelling higher import costs, costing people in the UK hundreds more a year.
