'Let us be clear: Ed M is not JFK,' wrote Mehdi Hasan in the New Statesman in [2010]. 'But he does have the all-important ability to connect with ordinary people.'I guess it's a little late for a postcard.
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.
Sunday, 28 June 2015
Spectator, 20th June
In last week's Spectator, Dot Wordsworth discussed a recent Observer article on "speaking human": Ed Miliband's inability to do so and the necessity of the next Labour leader to have that ability. She observed that in 2010 Ed was praised in the New Statesman for his communication skills, she quotes,
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