The UK Prepares For The Brexit Vote

By Worldview
UK Independence Party (UKIP) party leader Nigel Farage shows his passport as he addresses media and party members during a speech focusing on the upcoming EU referendum in London, Friday, June 3, 2016. Farage is a leading campaigner advocating Britain to cut its ties with the rest of Europe, known by the name, ‘Brexit’.
UK Independence Party (UKIP) party leader Nigel Farage shows his passport as he addresses media and party members during a speech focusing on the upcoming EU referendum in London, Friday, June 3, 2016. Farage is a leading campaigner advocating Britain to cut its ties with the rest of Europe, known by the name, 'Brexit'. Frank Augstein / AP Photo
UK Independence Party (UKIP) party leader Nigel Farage shows his passport as he addresses media and party members during a speech focusing on the upcoming EU referendum in London, Friday, June 3, 2016. Farage is a leading campaigner advocating Britain to cut its ties with the rest of Europe, known by the name, ‘Brexit’.
UK Independence Party (UKIP) party leader Nigel Farage shows his passport as he addresses media and party members during a speech focusing on the upcoming EU referendum in London, Friday, June 3, 2016. Farage is a leading campaigner advocating Britain to cut its ties with the rest of Europe, known by the name, 'Brexit'. Frank Augstein / AP Photo

The UK Prepares For The Brexit Vote

By Worldview
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Next week voters in the UK will decide whether or not they want to remain in the EU. Tensions are running high and new polls suggests the country is evenly split between those who want to remain and those who want to leave the EU. 

 A British lawmaker, who was shot and killed yesterday, was in favor of remaining and investigators are looking into whether her murder was carried out by a man who was in favor of leaving. 

WBEZ’s Emmanuel Dzotsi just returned from London. He was born and raised in the UK and returns frequently. He joins us to talk about how the vote might play out.