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Dear @BBCNews. If you are tired of sourcing your Brexit vox pops from pool halls in Luton and markets in Lancashire, could I suggest some alternative sites where you could obtain the views of the British public? Here goes...

An NHS hospital in London
A science park in Cambridge
A pharmaceutical factory in Hertfordshire
A university campus just about anywhere
A language school in Eastbourne
A livestock market in Cumbria
A wine bar in Edinburgh
A chemical works on Teesside
A dairy farm on the Irish border
A car factory in Swindon
A car components factory in Durham
A pharmacy in Nottingham
A school gate in Oxford
A diabetic clinic in Leicester
A radiotherapy department in Manchester
An investment bank in the City
A delicatessen in Yorkshire
A seed supplier in Harrow

I'm sure other twitter users have some suggestions...
A lorry park in Kent
A potato farm in Lincolnshire
A coffee shop on Oxford Street
A care home in Hampshire
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