The BBC interviewed someone from Newcastle under Lyme to illustrate the views of voters in the North on the news

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Surely it can't be considered northern

It’s north of London, so it’ll do as far as they’re concerned

Maybe it was Newcastle upon Tyne with an amended birth certificate due to how it identified. Don't be so judgy OP.

Do you think that they got their Lyme and their Tyne mixed up?

North to me

It’s in between Birmingham and Manchester so nearly north. It’s only a bit further south than Sheffield.

It’s the midlands at best, not the North at all. It’s insulting London centrism at its finest

"BerwickLad

Maybe it was Newcastle upon Tyne with an amended birth certificate due to how it identified. Don't be so judgy OP."
Shit... Shit you're right. I'm not a good person. Sorry.

I don't know if they got mixed up (the person they interviewed did not sound northern) or if they genuinely think Staffordshire is the North. Just a stones throw away from Scotland.

Interesting - West Midlands?

I wouldn't say it's North - but it's nearly North...

But the North is a big place. We aren't all the same up here.

You can argue it's northern if you like and depending on your perspective you may have a point. But to describe it as "the north" particularly on a news article about voting and brexit seems a bit daft.

It's close to Stoke - the voxpop capital of England. But, not Stoke so no accusations of always going to Stoke.

But to describe it as "the north" particularly on a news article about voting and brexit seems a bit daft

Can you argue it as a place that voted Leave, was Labour and felt ignored and left behind?

I don't know, maybe that's true.

No London centrism at all - just someone a bit thick when it comes to geography.

Anyway... where does 'The Midlands' stop and 'The North' start - exactly???

What do you think is north then?

Actually who cares

Clearly never heard of Kirkwall then

Yes Staffordshire probably is the top of the Midlands in the West. Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire further over.

I suppose its because when they said Newcastle I expected to hear a geodie accent. 200 miles further north than I got.

I've moved around a bit, currently live in the south. 'Oop North' is anything north of Watford 😂😂 (And that's being generous!)

I live there, it is The Midlands!

It's the Midlands. A lot of the vox pop was recorded there.

Cheshire is North-West, Shropshire and Staffordshire are North Midlands.

I'm from the area and most folk here consider us 'the Midlands'. For me Northern begins around Manchester.

Fairydustandpixies I suspect you've never lived in the north :)

Where they do the vox pop depends on which view they want to put across.

They tend to be from places with a strong regional accent.

I'm from there and I have always considered myself a northerner so do lots of people I know.

Of course it's North, unless you live north of it.