England’s economic North, rallied behind the Leave campaign, the strongest in the 2016 referendum. It was a clear expression of anger-a form of blind defiance, a form of mutiny, one might say, even against its own interests.

In the run up to the elections of 2019 I visited Lancaster, England.
A young girl eats an ice-cream outside an eatery in Bridlington, England.
A lady sitting in a caf in a shopping center in Hull, England.
Youth dressed in black which is sad to say but it could be likely also the colour of their future, Bridlington, England.
The Chinese take-away on Broadway in Jaywick, England.
Nathan Milne lighting a cigarette by his back door. Nathan has a bairn on the way and is so scared for their future that he always tries to have enough food in his house to last him for at least a week, just incase chaos breaks out and the shops will
The silhouette of a beggar under a bridge of the Suffolk Street Queensway. Birmingham, England.
An elderly gentleman takes a rest in the Buchanhaven area, part of Peterhead, Scotland.
The golfers cross the road to reach the other half of the golf-course. Havering had a 70% Leave vote during the 2016 Brexit referendum.
A couple in a pleasure boat ride along the exterior of Pleasure Beach. Skegness, England. I found it remarkable that someone would pay money to sit in a boat that goes along a ride with no view.
View through a tunnel on the outskirts of Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Ian Paisley’s heartland.
People on a boulevard near a fun fair. Ingoldmells, England.
A driver just finished pointing at something whilst he tells me about the neighbourhood round Saracen Street, Glasgow, Scotland. I found the Glasgow effect a sad but interesting concept so I went to Possilpark in Glasgow and talked to people in the h
I found the Glasgow effect a sad but interesting concept so I went to Possilpark in Glasgow and talked to people in the healthcare and community social workers. This is outside a community church in Saracen Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
I spotted the young ladies walking into a coffee shop near the Mailbox. Birmingham, hoping to catch them on their way out, when the girl on the left looked over in my direction.
A reflection of in the window of Archie’s Burgers in Birmingham, England.
Barbers waiting for customers, one fell asleep, up towards Old Town in Swindon, England.
On the seafront at Skegness I came across the rear entrance to the Pleasure Beach. The drainpipe cut through the word Pleasure, almost as if striking it out, a detail that felt symbolic and ironic. Coastal towns have seen a decline in tourism since t
A day at the beach with the donkey ride in the background. Skegness, England.
A lady eats her fish ’n’ chips at a seaside chippy. Skegness, England.
Noem Lorraine Wildes (59, left), founder of Rainy Bakes, prefers to be known not as a baker but as a “cake artist.” Clients bring her photographs, which she reimagines in sugar and icing. The business is based in Jaywick, often described as the most
Men pass each other near the Bull Ring. Birmingham, England.
Shopping trolleys dumped in a river just outside the shopping centre in Chelmsley Wood near a sociale supermarkt called Around Again Charity, Birmingham, England.
A boarded up house and a church behind a McDonalds sign in Dudley, England.
Waiting for classic fish ’n’ chips at the Black Country Living museum in Dudley, England.
Girls on their night out at Brindley Place in Birmingham, England.
Passengers on a bus in Aberdeen, Scotland.
This is the window of a supermarket with on it advertising British produce in Morecambe, England.
Gift on his way out after dropping off his bag of food from the food-bank of the Elim Community Church in West Bromwich, England.
Paul Sommerville campaigning for a People’s Vote in an attempt to reverse the Brexit. Going from door to door in Durham and campaigning at gatherings in Sunderland, England.
People near the seaside of Bridlington, England.
A group of ladies playing a board game in a shelter on the boulevard of Skegness, England.
A man eats an ice-cream at his work-station in Dudley, England.
In Stratford-upon-Avon the referendum vote matched the national average, which drew me there. While sheltering from the rain I saw a group of schoolboys in uniform approaching, and tried to frame the moment as a quiet reflection on the idea of three
A group of day-drinkers sitting on a wall overlooking a park. Dover was badly effected by the Brexit and the port still struggles to manage the effect of not being part of the EU. Dover, England.
Market in Beverley, England.
A lady waits for the bus at a bus shelter with a caravan park in the background. Skegness, England.
Kids play war on the catholic side of the Ardoyne estate. Belfast, Northern Ireland.
A street scene near the place where a young man got stabbed to death in Hamiltonhill. Glasgow, Scotland.
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