Sunderland, a former shipbuilding city bitter about Brexit
Sunderland, a former shipbuilding city bitter about Brexit
Windows of a run-down house that is for sale in the city center of Sunderland. The city’s unemployment rate is well above the national average, and pockmarked and shuttered buildings with broken windows scar its landscape. Renewal has been made harder by years of public-spending cuts under a deficit-slashing British government. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man walks down a subway in the city center of Sunderland, England. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man passes a closed down shop beside a newly refurbished one in the city center of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A pedestrian passes the port on Wearmouth bridge in Sunderland, England, Friday, March 15, 2019. The city once built ships that drove global commerce and helped Britain rule the waves. Coal from the surrounding mines helped power the country. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A broken down caravan and a mural on the wall of terraced houses in bad condition is seen in the Hendon area of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man walks down a road in the Hendon area of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Cranes are silhouetted during sunrise in the port of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Run down windows decorated with English flags in the city center of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A person walks past the University of Sunderland in northeast England. The university with more than 15,000 students helps boost the local economy. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Cranes in the docks backdrop the Marina of Sunderland in northeast England. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Men walk their dogs as the sun rises at Roker beach in Sunderland. The city in northeast England once built ships that drove global commerce and helped Britain rule the waves. Coal from the surrounding mines helped power the country. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man approaches the Software center in Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
People in the streets near the shopping centre in Sunderland. In Britain’s 2016 EU membership referendum, Sunderland voted by 61 percent to 39 percent to leave a bloc from which many residents _ rightly or wrongly _ believe they have received little benefit. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
People sit in a pub, decorated with an English flag in Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Windows of a run-down house that is for sale in the city center of Sunderland. The city’s unemployment rate is well above the national average, and pockmarked and shuttered buildings with broken windows scar its landscape. Renewal has been made harder by years of public-spending cuts under a deficit-slashing British government. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Windows of a run-down house that is for sale in the city center of Sunderland. The city’s unemployment rate is well above the national average, and pockmarked and shuttered buildings with broken windows scar its landscape. Renewal has been made harder by years of public-spending cuts under a deficit-slashing British government. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man walks down a subway in the city center of Sunderland, England. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man walks down a subway in the city center of Sunderland, England. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man passes a closed down shop beside a newly refurbished one in the city center of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man passes a closed down shop beside a newly refurbished one in the city center of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A pedestrian passes the port on Wearmouth bridge in Sunderland, England, Friday, March 15, 2019. The city once built ships that drove global commerce and helped Britain rule the waves. Coal from the surrounding mines helped power the country. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A pedestrian passes the port on Wearmouth bridge in Sunderland, England, Friday, March 15, 2019. The city once built ships that drove global commerce and helped Britain rule the waves. Coal from the surrounding mines helped power the country. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A broken down caravan and a mural on the wall of terraced houses in bad condition is seen in the Hendon area of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A broken down caravan and a mural on the wall of terraced houses in bad condition is seen in the Hendon area of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man walks down a road in the Hendon area of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man walks down a road in the Hendon area of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Cranes are silhouetted during sunrise in the port of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Cranes are silhouetted during sunrise in the port of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Run down windows decorated with English flags in the city center of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Run down windows decorated with English flags in the city center of Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A person walks past the University of Sunderland in northeast England. The university with more than 15,000 students helps boost the local economy. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A person walks past the University of Sunderland in northeast England. The university with more than 15,000 students helps boost the local economy. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Cranes in the docks backdrop the Marina of Sunderland in northeast England. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Cranes in the docks backdrop the Marina of Sunderland in northeast England. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Men walk their dogs as the sun rises at Roker beach in Sunderland. The city in northeast England once built ships that drove global commerce and helped Britain rule the waves. Coal from the surrounding mines helped power the country. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Men walk their dogs as the sun rises at Roker beach in Sunderland. The city in northeast England once built ships that drove global commerce and helped Britain rule the waves. Coal from the surrounding mines helped power the country. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man approaches the Software center in Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A man approaches the Software center in Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
People in the streets near the shopping centre in Sunderland. In Britain’s 2016 EU membership referendum, Sunderland voted by 61 percent to 39 percent to leave a bloc from which many residents _ rightly or wrongly _ believe they have received little benefit. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
People in the streets near the shopping centre in Sunderland. In Britain’s 2016 EU membership referendum, Sunderland voted by 61 percent to 39 percent to leave a bloc from which many residents _ rightly or wrongly _ believe they have received little benefit. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
People sit in a pub, decorated with an English flag in Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
People sit in a pub, decorated with an English flag in Sunderland. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)