All of you Mousers think that any one from London is a cockney. I can't be arsed explaining to you why that is not the case. Suffice it to say that those of us from North London are not cockneys. However, that does not prevent us from using the rich and wonderfully colourful language of the cockney. You Mousers are reknowned for your humour, gleaned from such comic luminaries as Tom O'Connor and Jimmy Tarbuck; but the cockney has undoubtedly the greater comedic pedigree, going back as far as the great Max Miller, and ending with Paul Merton and Jim Davidson.
I'll say it quietly HIAG because I don't want to spoil your argument but Max Miller was from Brighton, Paul Merton from West London and Jim Davidson from South East London. Apart from that fine,


and if I offended anyone then wasn’t my intention.