Are accents snobbish

[678somean]

I know this is going to get me a lot of backlash. But I love a good debate so thought I'd pose the question....
I hate regional accents. I know they can't be helped but they sound so thick.
There was an article in the Guardian recently where they mentioned that people with regional accents go to speech therapy before moving to London in order to apply for jobs!
I think it's a smart move. But of course not a popular opinion.
I've worked with lots of people in high profile roles and honestly, whether people like it or not, the ones with RP are definitely taken more seriously and respected.
I've noticed all over England that the ones who are highly educated with good jobs rarely have their local accent and most have admitted that it's undesirable to have a regional accent and they are middle/upper class so don't speak with one.
Do others feel the same when applying for high status roles?

Given the state of the country I believe you.

Well that may be true but most people can speak and write on a dumb MN post with better grammar and clarity blind drunk and half asleep than you can.

Look OP no one would really give a monkeys about your spelling, grammar and general communication style if you hadn't started a post full of hilariously snobbish remarks about people's accents.

No one really cares about these things until you set yourself up as being superior to others. And if you're going to do that you need to make damn sure you actually are superior. Which you very clearly are not.