I thought Boris gave a very good performance on the Andrew Marr show this morning.
Just a shame that he wasn’t allowed to answer questions without being interrupted.

I fear your views were not universally shared. I didn’t see the show so can’t comment personally but here is an alternative perspective:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-andrew-marr-eu-referendum-interview-bbc-put-in-his-place-a6915191.html

Excellent article by Andrew Rawnsley about the standard of the debate in the in and out campaigns so far, which, for those who have a aversion to reading Guardian articles can be boiled down to:

If you’re whingeing, you’re losing

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/06/eu-referendum-out-campaign-whingeing-

Jeremy Hunt? Really??

He is even less trustworthy than Gideon

It looks as if Gideon has been economical with the actualite, again

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/george-osborne-claims-cutting-the-top-rate-of-tax-raised-8bn-it-cost-the-country-24bn-and-heres-how-a6905836.html

“That would be an ecumenical matter”

http://youtu.be/ptd_h0dF7NE

And my favorite:

https://youtu.be/DJyGxRC8i68

Is that intended to be an insult? For me it is a compliment.

Please be specific. Are you, in a round about way, trying to say that you believe the service and sacrifice to Britain that my family has given is somehow less valid than yours because we all support different views socially and politically to you as far as can be assessed by the postings on this forum?

Please accept my apologies if this is not what #45 is intended to infer. It is just that I do find it saddening that in general the Outers seem to want to suggest that any opposing view to theirs is somehow unpatriotic.

Yes, of course I accept your clarification and stand corrected on that element, although are you confusing accent and dialect?
Although “anglicised” is a strange expression as the last time I looked, Tyneside was in England and therefore that accent is as English as mine, which is, for want of a better phrase, “home counties” overlaid with a small amount of Hampshire burr.
I therefore find it surprising that you used the terms I outlined in #614.

I think the following link from the British library is quite informative and shows how acceptance of regional accents has changed in the past 50 years.
http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/find-out-more/received-pronunciation/

My father fought in a war. His father was wounded and his uncle was killed in the first world war. My mothers uncles all fought in the second world war, one of them was killed. Both my father and the surviving great-uncles were profoundly pro-European and supported the entry into the EU in the 70’s. My father is still with us and he will be voting to stay in the EU.
Please don’t assume that all veterans hold your point of view, many may well do, but not all.