FT SeriesBrexit bluesAs frustration mounts over the UK’s shambolic attempts to leave the EU, the FT’s William Wallis travels around the country to test the moodThe UK teeters on the verge of a Brexit breakdownThe protracted messy departure from the EU is proving bad for people’s mental healthWeary frustration and cynicism take hold in UK’s Brexit heartlandLeave-voting Sunderland is ‘sick’ of delays with many preferring any form of exit to current limbo‘Brexit day’ in Middlesbrough: ‘People are sick of the government’Residents are less worried about crashing out of EU than holding politicians to accountAttitudes harden in UK’s ‘Brexit capital’Disenchantment in Stoke boosts Leave support but unions fear no-deal withdrawalBring on no-deal, say Dover’s Brexit backersResidents shrug off warnings that port will suffer as support for disorderly exit risesNo-deal Brexit worries raise spectres of the past on Irish borderLocals are worried about customs checks, tariffs — and the return of old tensions
