The great Chris Mason (t/m Andrew Marr) responds:
Alex Balfour: Have you watched the BBC recently? It’s almost as if RP is no longer allowed. Great to have nice regional accents but then you get Chris Mason who sounds like a train conductor, Beth Rigby who turns ‘ings’ into ‘in’s’ and Steph McGovern who makes the Tetley ads sound highbrow!Chris Mason: Mercifully, the word ‘eejit’ means the same how ever you say it.
