The City That Defined Brexit Has Given Up
As the consequences of the vote to leave the EU sap Britain’s political energy, the causes of it remain.
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It’s an unusually blustery day for early summer in northeast England, and on the streets of Sunderland people have to huddle together to hear one another speak.
Getting their voices heard is important to locals in the city that became synonymous with Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. Sunderland was the first district to declare its emphatic support for Brexit in the referendum two years ago and the result reverberated across the country and sent the pound tumbling in currency markets.