Twitter goes mad after Jeremy Vine singles out Hartlepool in comparison post

Broadcaster Jeremy Vine hailed Northern people as "way better" than those in the South during a social media exchange about Hartlepool and southwest London.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Apr 2016, 09:49 BST
Updated 5th Apr 2016, 09:56 BST
The post via @theJeremyVine on Twitter.The post via @theJeremyVine on Twitter.
The post via @theJeremyVine on Twitter.

Vine posted a Tweet to his account @theJeremyVine yesterday, which said: "One Britain, two different worlds: Chelsea and Hartlepool today."

The tweet had an accompanying image which showed two different crimes, one committed in Putney, Chelsea, and the other in Hartlepool.

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While the Chelsea crime was about a shoplifted "hurling Camembert" at staff, the Hartlepool one was about a thief being jailed for stealing bacon.

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Soon after the post, some responded to Vine accusing him of being a snob, but the journalist, who took part in Strictly Come Dancing last year, said he was "pointing out a distribution in wealth which many see as unfair".

Twitter user Ian Pollock (@ipolnufc) said: "So- we don't eat posh cheese in the north east? Surprised this came from you - didn't you study at Durham?"

In response to one user, who hailed the variance in house price as "crazy" - but added that Northern folk were better, Vine said: "People in North WAY better than in South IMHO."

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