It's weird isn't it? Cameron couldn't care less what he sounds like, but a Tory MP is saying he is too posh. It's putting off his Northern voters. They don't trust a man who sounds too plummy, reckons Nadine Dorries. Have to say you're wrong Pet.
Up in Geordie land we can tell when someone is trying to sound like they hail from Jesmond.The Gosforth glottal stop is nothing like Byker banter. We all know the difference. That's why we have so much affection for Cheryl Cole. Her hard, working class vowels say she's one of us.
We want a bit more from the blokes in charge. We want to know they understand the world of money and big business. That they didn't hail from the chip shop on the corner. Maggie Thatcher may have been a grocer's daughter, but she saw the wisdom of toning down the rough edges. She went a bit too far, but you get the point.
People in charge of our taxes have to sound like they know what's what, even when they don't. We tend to think of posh people as having a bit more education. They sound brainier to some of us Northerners. Not true at all of course, but who wants to vote for an MP who sounds like the local barmaid when you could have someone like the Queen instead? It's crazy world.
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