Ten years after Brexit, the U.K. marks a lost decade (opens in new tab)

On June 23, 2016, the Brexit referendum unleashed a populist tide that rewrote the rules of Western politics.Ten years later, a diminished and fractured United Kingdom is preparing for its seventh prime minister — still haunted by the future it was promised.Why it matters: Keir Starmer was elected as a competent, level-headed antidote to 14 years of Conservative rule — a period consumed by austerity, ideological warfare and the chaos of leaving the European Union.His resignation on Monday, le...