Hey Jim, Maxine Peake is a rock-solid northerner, educated in Westhoughton and Bolton, did her theatre training in Bolton too, one-time team member of Wigan ladies' rugby league team and one-time member of the Salford communist party branch. She's back living in Salford now. She's a damn fine socialist and mighty supporter of Corbyn to boot. I have yet to see the film but I somehow can't see her with those credentials struggling with the vernacular!