5 Years After Britain Left the EU, the Full Impact of Brexit Is Still Emerging

Five years ago Friday, two crowds of people gathered near Britain's Parliament—some with Union Jacks and cheers, others European Union flags and tears.

- ASSOCIATED PRESS

On 31 Jan, 2020 at 11 p.m. London time—midnight at EU headquarters in Brussels—the U.K. officially left the bloc after almost five decades of membership that had brought free movement and free trade between Britain and 27 other European countries.

For Brexit supporters, the U.K. was now a sovereign nation in charge of its own destiny. For opponents, it was an isolated and diminished country.