Must not have Posh accent in Scottish politics

         Did anyone watch Question Time last night from Stirling? 

Brian Souter said something about

        "Us Scots not wanting to be pushed around by the posh boys down south"

It got me thinking -

         Class is becoming an increasingly big issue in the UK, especially in Scotland.

         It is now fairly well accepted, that to exist in politics, in Scotland you must not have a posh accent. In Scotland a posh accent means an English accent - a BBC accent (received English). In fact there are many areas of Scotland where someone with an English accent will be beaten up just for opening their mouth and talking.

        Posh people send their children to posh boarding schools where they lose their regional Scottish accent and learn to talk posh. Talking posh gains you access to Britain's posh club - the upper part of society. 

          It was a habit started after the Battle of Culloden when Prince Charlie and his Catholic Jacobites where defeated. The English saw that the best way to tame the Highland Chieftains, was to anglify them and they insisted that all the aristocracy attend posh English boarding schools and spent a few years at Court - doing the season. 

         In my childhood many posh Scots where in politics and everyone seemed quite happy with it. Then Margaret Thatcher and the poll tax happened and Scots changed. No longer where they going to be "pushed around by the posh boys down South - or up North".  

        Even Alistair Darling, as Scottish as anyone could be, is considered by many to be too anglified to run the Better Together campaign. 

       When the SNP where discussing their possible constitution, it was said that a person's class should be a factor in determining their suitability for a position of public responsibility!

       Why is this happening? 

Is it some sort of bloodless revolution - the Baveheart effect (from watching the film Braveheart)?

Is it anti-posh or anti-English? The Scots can’t tell the difference.

Is it happening elsewhere in the UK?

Is it being made worse by the present Labour party's policy of depicting Cameron, Osborne and Clegg as posh private school boys?

        Would Brian Souter have made that remark if Labour had still been in power in the UK parliament? Both Blair and Brown where Scottish, although Blair went to the posh school - Fettes - in Edinburgh and was thus - anglified.  

        Come to think about it, Brian Souter sent his son to the posh school - Dollar - so he wants his son to be part of the posh club. But I am sure he wouldn't want to be pushed around by him either