Less Ordinary

I am irritated by (mostly) politicians and (also) media-types referring to "ordinary people". I don't mind being a regular, normal, ordinary chap, but when they wield it, the phrase comes with the patronising implication that they are somehow better than ordinary. And as we have seen for a long time and especially in recent years, many politicians in particular and journalists in general tend to range from 'ordinary' downwards. I log occurrences here and send offenders a postcard.

Tuesday 5 May 2015

#28 Claire Fox, Ordinary British kids

A rare catch on LBC, Nick Ferrari's Breakfast Show discussing Islamic fundamentalism and the Texas shootings spoke to Claire Fox of the Institute of Ideas who used the phrase "ordinary British kids". 5th May at 9:14.

Images are difficult to come by. There's not one on the Wikipedia page, nor on the Times or Guardian articles cited at the bottom of that entry. The image shown is from the Twitter account that may or may not be she.

Less Ordinary

Tuesday 5 May 2015

#28 Claire Fox, Ordinary British kids

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