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BBC’s Alex Scott ‘proud’ of working class accent after peer’s elocution jibe

Lord Digby Jones accuses Alex Scott of spoiling Olympics coverage by dropping her ‘g’s

The BBC presenter Alex Scott has said she is proud of her accent after she was criticised by a former minister who said she “needs elocution lessons” and “spoils” Olympics coverage.

Lord Digby Jones, a crossbench peer who served as a trade minister under Gordon Brown, hit out at the former Arsenal and England footballer in tweets on Friday night, in which he also criticised Sky News political editor Beth Rigby.

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