• Tiresia@slrpnk.net
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    21 hours ago

    Perhaps things changed in the past 38+ years.

    Or perhapa a show produced by the British goverment that presents {the deep state as a powerful undemocratic entity and kind-hearted people in politics as naive bumbling idiots that fail upwards because they unintentionally serve the deep state} at a time of Thatcher dismantling public services is in fact state propaganda, no less insidious for being genuinely funny and sharp-witted.

    Perhaps even both.

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      12 hours ago

      Things are changing. At least now a decent amount of research has been done into these prejudices, so we at least have a solid starting point. It’s still a fact that you go further, faster and easier if you speak with a received pronunciation, or even just Southern, accent in Britain. Hearing a northern regional accent on the PM is a breath of fresh air. I would prefer Corbyn in that seat, though, even with his posh dulcet voice.