Brexit is just six months away. And nobody is happy.

“If you look at the constituencies that really voted for Brexit in large numbers, they represented the forgotten heartlands of working-class Britain,” said Chris Wells, a UK Independence Party (UKIP) politician in Thanet. “That frustration is still here on these streets.”

Founded in 1993, UKIP has had little success in terms of getting candidates elected to the U.K. Parliament. But its entire mission was Brexit — and the party’s anti-E.U. views resonated and pushed the ruling Conservatives to hold the referendum. Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage counts Trump as a personal friend.

Brexit means the U.K. will lose E.U. funding for regeneration projects, money that has helped revive Margate’s old town and pay for a major art gallery, both key tourist draws.

“All the business owners I know in town are completely anti-Brexit, and they haven’t changed their mind,” said Liam Nabb, who co-owns a bed and breakfast.

Image: The waterfront in Margate, England.
The waterfront in Margate, England.Mo Abbas / NBC News

Nabb, a Briton raised in Italy who is proud of his European identity, said he felt “physically sick” after the Brexit vote and says many people are “scared” of its implications.

“We’ve already lost so much,” he said, “in terms of our credibility, in terms of our social cohesion.”