Ten years on from the Brexit referendum, Independent readers have been looking back at the night the result came in – and how differently it was experienced, from shock and grief to celebration and disbelief.
Their responses came after political correspondent Millie Cooke, then 18 and voting for the first time, recalled what should have been a night out with friends turning into “one of crushing disbelief” as it became clear Leave had won; and political editor David Maddox, who was at a Brexiteer Arron Banks results party in Westminster, watching champagne corks pop as Nigel Farage and supporters toasted what they saw as a transformative victory.
