> I don't think the UK is relentlessly classist and accents work both ways because having an accent that is too posh in Britain is also a disadvantage It's wel

> I don't think the UK is relentlessly classist and accents work both ways because having an accent that is too posh in Britain is also a disadvantage It's well documented that fee-paying private schools (so called 'public' schools) contribute disproportionally to UK politics [0]. Eton alone [1] has produced 20 prime ministers (including Johnson and Cameron). These schools require wealthy parents, and thus tend to exclude the poorer paid. Although you are much more likely to hear regional accents in British media than you used to, social mobility is more constrained now than it has been in living memory. Actors are another group of people where parental wealth correlates to access to drama schools. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_school_(United_Kingdom) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_school_(United_Kingdom) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton_College#Politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eton_College#Politics