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A decade on from Brexit vote, divided brothers are both disappointed

Anti-Brexit demonstrators wave flags during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, on March 5.

Anti-Brexit demonstrators wave flags during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, on March 5. | REUTERS

By Marissa Davison
REUTERS

Jun 17, 2026

NOTTINGHAM, England – Two businessmen brothers who held opposite positions on Brexit at the time of the vote are both feeling disappointed 10 years on.

For one,?new freedoms have been squandered, while the other bemoans the complications to trade.

The disillusion felt by Nigel Baxter, who ?has a commercial vehicles business, and Ian Baxter, who owns a logistics company, over the U.K.’s departure from ?the ?European Union reflects the feeling across the country.

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