Well, I just couldn’t resist this headline but tuesday evening we did have two UNISON Labour Party members, born and bred in Yorkshire (and others) tele-canvassing Canning Town from our West Ham CLP HQ.
One is now a fully fledged Londoner and Newham resident while the other is a Leeds activist in London for a UNISON Employment rights/TUPE course who was gently “persuaded” to come and “fight the good fight”.
Yorkshire is the home of many tele-banking and marketing organisations. I understand that one reason for this is that the Yorkshire accent is seen as "honest, trustworthy, thoughtful and wise."
From the voter ID returns and listening in to the conversations I think East Londoners agreed!
