> nobody ever fakes Cockney or Scouse or something The article specifically refers to faking an "Essex" accent. The Essex accent they're referring to is basica

> nobody ever fakes Cockney or Scouse or something The article specifically refers to faking an "Essex" accent. The Essex accent they're referring to is basically a cockney accent, softened a bit. When East London was gentrified, from roughly the 70s, many East Londoners moved out into Essex.