Fisherman Stan Rennie is pictured by his fishing vessel in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England. “At the last election I voted Conservative because Johnson promised our waters back — and lied through his teeth,” said Stan Rennie, a fisherman who has caught lobster off Hartlepool for five decades but says he can scarcely scrape a living anymore. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
Fisherman Stan Rennie is pictured by his fishing vessel in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England. “At the last election I voted Conservative because Johnson promised our waters back — and lied through his teeth,” said Stan Rennie, a fisherman who has caught lobster off Hartlepool for five decades but says he can scarcely scrape a living anymore. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
Fisherman Stan Rennie, right, and John Wallace, left, are pictured in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
People walk past some shuttered and closed shops in Hartlepool northeast England, Saturday, June 29, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
People walk along the high street in Hartlepool northeast England, Saturday, June 29, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
PD Ports Operations manager Jerry Hopinkson, is pictured in Hartlepool, England, Thursday, June 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, July 4, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
Fisherman Stan Rennie is pictured by the boat yard in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
Labour's Jonathan Brash election office is pictured in Hartlepool, England, Thursday June. 27, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)