Mar 27, 2019

The most pro-Brexit city in the U.K.

Shoppers walk along the high street in the market town of Boston in Lincolnshire in 2015. Lindsay Parnaby/AFP/Getty Images

It's been 1,007 days since the U.K. voted to leave the European Union — and the ensuing political paralysis and economic uncertainty. Today we come to you from Boston, which had the highest proportion of votes to leave.

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Brexit

Meet the most pro-Brexit town in the U.K.

by Kai Ryssdal and Janet Nguyen

Mar 27, 2019

Three years after the town of Boston, England, voted to leave the EU, residents explain why they voted the way they did.

Shoppers walk along the high street in the market town of Boston in Lincolnshire in 2015.

Lindsay Parnaby/AFP/Getty Images

Music from the episode

Taro alt-J

Colours Grouplove

Crystalised The xx

shut up Greyson Chance

Fangless Sleater-Kinney

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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