How is regional identity represented in "The Rotters Club"

The clip begins with the camera panning across a table of food and drink, and then a close up of a character’s head. The characters eating are bosses and employees of a company; we can see that the food is stereotypical to their occupation. The men in the clip are "Northern" and the food they eat is filling and “easy to eat” northern food, chips, beer which is bitter and a big steak. We see individual specific shots of each character, effectively introducing them into the scene. The bosses are situated next to each other. The shots let us inspect their faces and it looks like the bosses are wary and the workers angry. One boss in particular, he looks frightened and cowardly while the other could be described as “one of the lads”. The cowardly boss keeps on getting “digs” at being gay, even when his son is the topic of conversation the boy gets also called homosexual. Stereotypical again of northern people as they are represented as being very homophobic. The camera moves to a shot which shows all of them sitting on the table. Giving us an insight into where they are eating. It would seem to be in a pub, implying that the north doesn't have restaurants or if it has they are pretty much pubs.
The sound plays a vital role in this clip. Mainly because there is no soundtrack making the music seem to becoming from the pub and the clink of knives and forks diegetic and natural within the scene. This has been used because it is highly effective at making social realism inside a scene. The cutlery is also an action code that suggests eating is taking place.
Most of the clip centres on the characters and it is intriguing to see how they are portrayed. The two manual employees are situated opposite their bosses, becoming an obvious example of their lower roles; we can also see this as the workers drink beer meanwhile their bosses sip on wine. There is tension in the scene with clear mistrust between the two sides. The northern trade unions seem to be on the agenda and are a point of humour to the bosses. The only time the group rallies together is when stereotypically the Northern sexists watch the waitress walk away, with the character we learn to be Roy, joking with a rather "suggestive" comment, which even the bosses laugh at. The scene is edited to clearly express the mistrust between the employee Roy, a man who looks most out of place in his oversized suit and the grey old man, his boss. The tension between the two is shown by the how stubborn Roy is; his character is being portrayed in a way that lets us understand the friction between the workers and the bosses.
Later when the cowardly boss’s son gets thrown into the conversation everyone is involved in a discussion about education. Using terms such as "poncy toffs academy" we can imply how the workers are sitting below the bosses. One of the employee’s sons happens to go to the same school but the worker gets a free grant. Suggesting that without it, it would be near impossible for his son to attend.
Regional identity is presented in the clip through the use of stereotypes, this being the easiest way to present a society as stereotypical and infamous as the "North." Obviously these stereotypes are highly unfair but they increase regional awareness in the clip, and therefore making viewing easier.