“I will be a leader whose voice can carry in to all the nations and regions of our country,” said Andy Burnham the other day, pledging to “appoint a front bench full of accents and diversity.” And fellow candidate Yvette Cooper is also offering a diversity of accents…

When the Shadow Home Secretary speaks in the Commons chamber she takes  care to pronounce every vowel and consonants in a polished and clipped school mistress tone, yet since she’s been running for leader she’s dropping her T’s and has a distinctly more northern twang to her voice on the airwaves during interviews.

Don’t believe Guido? Have a listen:

Well it worked for Tony Blair…