An English flag flies over Teeside on Eston Nab.

Families eating lunch in a restaurant watch as people march in London in favour of a People’s vote on Brexit.

Residents of the Woodgrange Estate in Southend gather to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday.

Fishermen pull their boat ashore on Hastings beach.

A discarded painting of Margaret Thatcher in Margaret Thatcher House, home to the Romford Conservative association. Even though she was an integral part of the creation of the Single Market, she is seen as a heroine to many in the UK for her battles with the EU during her time as Prime Minister. In her memoirs she wrote that “The blunt truth is that the rest of the European Union needs us more than we need them.”

Colin Hewlett with his wife in the house they rent in Wigan. He says that he earns less than half what he was earning three years ago. He now has to find work through an agency that bans trade union membership and he works on a zero hours contract that means he has no guaranteed work hours per week. He voted to leave because he believes for him things cannot get any worse,” I thought f**k it, lets shake the tree and see where things land….maybe my life will get better”

A mass given in Polish at a Catholic Church in Boston. The town is home to many migrant agricultural workers from Eastern Europe whose lives were thrown into uncertainty by the Brexit vote.

A Cèilidh (traditional Gaelic social gathering) in the village of Craignure on the Isle of Mull in Scotland.

The Steelworks at Redcar in the days before its final closure in 2015. Although the Government claimed to be doing all it could to help the UK Steel industry, it was in fact blocking EU legislation that would have imposed tariffs on the cheap Chinese Steel that was flooding the market and was the main reason for the closure of the Redcar plant.

Zoe, her husband Chris and their children Harley and Bobby Lee at Zoe's grandmother's house on a council estate in Abercynon. Neither Zoe nor her parents have ever had a job. Her husband Chris has just started work after his disability benefits were withdrawn. They blamed Polish migration for their lack of job opportunities.

Demonstrators in favour of and against Brexit gather outside Parliament.

The Scotland/England border. As Scotland pushes for independence so the issues around the border become more and more serious, with it potentially becoming a hard border should Scotland eventually rejoin the EU.

The City of London viewed from the South Bank. During the protracted Brexit negotiations, Boris Johnson’s reply, when told of the Business community’s fears over Brexit was… “fuck business’ .

Dancing to a local band at the Alwinton Border Shepherds’ Show, Northumberland.

A woman cleans her window in Redcar, a town that suffered greatly from the UK’s industrial decline. The local steelworks closed in 2015, leaving thousands without work.

Muslims leave an Eid celebration in Valentines Park in East London.

An auction at Grimsby Fish Market. Although the town voted by a large majority to leave the European Union, the Grimsby Fish industry subsequently lobbied the Government to be allowed to remain in the EU’s single market as the vast majority of fish processed in the town is sold into the EU.

Closed down businesses in Grimsby's central shopping area. In 2018 the Royal Society for Public Health ranked Grimsby first in a list of the UK's most unhealthy High Streets.

Fans watching the World Cup semi final at the George Inn in central London celebrate as England score against Croatia. England's success during the World Cup brought a sense of relief to a weary nation and was seen by many, including the England players, as a way of uniting the people of England after the divisiveness of the referendum. The optimism, however, was short lived. England were eliminated in the semi final stage and the country resumed it's Brexit obsession soon after.

Backstage at the Shaftesbury Carnival. Every autumn, in the run up to Guy Fawkes night, towns and villages in South-West England compete in a series of illuminated carnivals that run through September, October up until the beginning of November

People eat ice cream in the shade underneath the Belsfield Hotel in the town of Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District, one of the UK’s major tourist attractions.

A German container ship passes Canvey Island on its way to port on the Thames Estuary. The European Union has for many years been the UK’s largest trading partner, accounting for roughly 47% of the UK’s exports. Canvey Island forms part of the Castlepoint constituency which had one of the highest percentages (72.7%) in favour of leaving the EU .

A man begins packing away an EU flag after a day demonstrating outside Parliament.

Police form a line in front of pro Brexit demonstrators in Parliament Square.

Gulls follow the Girl Debra, a UK trawler as it heads to port

Redcar Amateur Boxing Club, set up by ex steelworker Frankie Wales in 1999 to ‘get youngsters off the streets and steer them away from drugs and crime’.

Raymond Gorton (right) plays bowls with his brother Marcus at a Miners welfare club in Leigh. Raymond voted to leave the European Union. His brother Marcus Gorton (left) supported the Remain camp but in the end did not vote.

Live Shellfish exporter Paul Knight discusses logistical problems on the phone as his workers pack Langoustine for export to France, Spain and Italy and his dog follows behind. Post-Brexit red tape, Veterinary checks and customs delays are costing his business an estimated £150,00 per year. The Fishers who supply him with Shellfish are also making losses, one estimated his losses at £20,000 per year due to lost fishing days caused by having to bring his catch in early every week to allow time to complete post-Brexit paperwork.