A recent study showed sentencing was less severe on those with a posh accent.
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00:00Yeah, I mean, I'm kind of, I'm not massively surprised, if I'm completely honest.
00:05I guess I'd have to look at the stats and the demographics of people that are being charged with criminal kind of activity.
00:12It unfortunately isn't something I, like, I believe that, unfortunately.
00:17I think there is such a stigmatisation of accents.
00:24But I think the perception in kind of, especially in London as a capital, is it's kind of like a particular age group or demographic, which is kind of in the firing line for prosecution.
00:33So, I mean, it wouldn't surprise me, but I feel like, again, that's kind of then questions, you know, are we, is the criminal justice system operating effectively?
00:42And as someone that has a posher accent, like I can't always understand, like, the other side of it.
00:50Do I know that I'm coming, talking about this from a great privilege or having a better, like a posher accent?