Wednesday 29 July 2015

#52 Rev. Colin Coward on the Moral Maze

Moral Maze R4 29th July at 27:27, discussing hypocrisy, following the Lord Sewel scandal.  Giles Fraser questioned Rev. Colin Coward, ex-director of the pressure group Changing Attitude.

One of the best quotes yet,
"We are going to be healthier and more appropriate in our interactions and our effectiveness whether as politicians, ordinary people or christians the more that we are conscious when we are being hypocritical."

A fine spot for the 100th blog.

Image from CA's web site.

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YouGov

Two OPs in questions in a survey taken today.
No culprit to send a card to.

Tuesday 28 July 2015

#51 Anna Foster R5 live Drive

Anna Foster discussing  the death sentence passed on Gaddafi's son, Saif, in Libya. 45 mins. in.
"How do ordinary people in Libya feel about this verdict?"
Image from the show's web site.

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Monday 20 July 2015

A couple of milestones

The campaign has reached 50 occurrences and nearly 100 blog entries.

Time for a glass of port.

Image from here.

R4 Today OFam

Helen Goodman MP,  Radio 4 Today, 20th July, around 1:15 in. Discussing the budget, particularly tax credits and the candidates for the Labour leadership,
".. things we did because we were tuned in to ordinary families and their needs."
Image from Twitter.

Sunday 19 July 2015

OWP SPol

Sunday Politics on 19th July was mostly a hustings for the labour party leadership candidates, none of whom lapsed with an OP.

Later in the show (56 mins), when in turned to local news a piece on the housing crisis in London, including a comment from Pilgrim Tucker of Unite,
"We need homes for ordinary working people."
Image from the broadcast.

#50 Shami Chakrabarti ,Sunday Morning Live

Sunday Morning Live, 19th July, about 15 mins. in. A panel including Shami Chakrabarti discussing options for reducing sugar consumption, here a sugar tax,
"I'm not convinced that it's ordinary people, many of them quite poor, who should be penalised in that way."
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#49 Dianne Abbott, Andrew Marr Show

Dianne Abbott on the Andrew Marr Show, 19th July 13 mins. in.

Abbott, Philip Collins (The Times, formerly a speechwriter for Tony Blair) and AM discussing Jeremy Corbyn,
"It's about where ordinary people are."
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Friday 17 July 2015

#48 John Hayes on PM

John Hayes, Security Minister at the Home Office, on PM Friday 17th July, about 5 mins. in, discussing "data collection and surveillance"
"I think ordinary people want the police, the agencies to have the powers to access information to protect vulnerable people in those kind of circumstances. Suicidal people, missing people in emergency situations, kidnap can lead to even more serious events, including the loss of life."
Readers and listeners will notice that these words do not make much sense.

Image from gov.uk. Not found on Twitter.

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Sunday 12 July 2015

Three near misses

R4 8am news, Sunday 12th July, reporting a Telegraph article referring to "ordinary Greeks".

In this week's Spectator (11th July),  Kate Chisholm's Radio review, discussion Sturgeon's ignorance of the women's world cup, "she revealed a surprising lack of nous, of  being out of touch with what 'ordinary folk' are interested in".

R5 Sunday, 12th July, 8:58pm discussing the makeup/acne debate, mentioned "ordinary girls".

Friday 10 July 2015

#47 Andrew Neil, Daily Politics

Friday 10th July, Andrew Neil on Daily Politics, discussing the sins of the banks and the new taxes on the banks cosily with Louise Cooper, 21 mins in,
"...forced ordinary people to buy absurd products"
Mr. Neil is one of the few to use the phrase reasonably (or in his case apologetically), but not here.

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Sunday 5 July 2015

#46 Jeremy Corbyn on Pienaar's Politics

R5, Pienaar's Politics 5th July, 54 mins in. Jeremy Corbyn,
"... Labour is a growing force in Britain, the Labour debate is a very, very interesting and a very important one and incredibly well-informed about the issues facing the ordinary people of England, Scotland and Wales."
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Andrew Marr, ordinary taxpayers

Andrew Marr show, 5th July, 36 mins in, interviewing George Osborne,
"... we know why they [tax credits] were introduced, to encourage people back into work,  and you could say that's been successful: we have a relatively high level of employment in this country,  but they also mean ordinary taxpayers, the people you are describing at the moment, subsidising firms that are paying poverty wages."

Friday 3 July 2015

#45 Eliane Glaser, Four Thought

R4 Four Thought, Eliane Glaser, discussing deference.
"Deference, we are constantly being told, is dead. Pedestals are crumbling, or at least it's now ordinary people who are placed on them, like in Antony Gormley's fourth plinth installation in Trafalgar Square"

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Wednesday 1 July 2015

June Summary

Here are the Feb-MarApril and May summaries.

The June events were:
# Date User Occasion Comments
38 9th Jun Angela Eagle DPol
39 10th June Paul Collier MM
40 11th June David Lindo Today Used it nicely,
- 12th Jun Katie Cutler R4 World Tonight Used it sweetly.
41 13th Jun Jon Sopel Today
16b 15th Jun Justin Webb Today
42 19th June Joanna Cherry Any Questions
- 2010 Mehdi Hasan  New Statesman Referenced by Dot Wordsworth in the Spectator.
43 29th Jun Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear On his last show: seriously patronising.

Near misses:
Date Person Occasion Comments
5th Jun Front Row ordinary citizens
8th Jun Today ordinary working men
24th Jun Anthony Glees Maral Maze ordinary Muslim Mums and Dads
30th Jun JoCo Daily Politics ordinary Greeks


Good users:
# Date User Occasion Comments
40 11th June David Lindo Today Used it nicely,
- 12th Jun Katie Cutler R4 World Tonight Used it sweetly.
- 12th May Andrew Neil Daily Politics adroit recovery
- 23rd May Bruce Anderson Spectator good usage
- 6th April Peggy Seeger Front Row Correcting John Wilson


Analysis of sources:
Source Users
Andrew Marr Show Ed Balls, Kristin Scott Thomas, Caroline Flint,
Any Questions Joanna Cherry
Big Questions Kunle Olulode
Daily Politics Frances O'Grady, Jonathan Isaby, Carole Malone, Shabana Mahmood, Giles Dilnot, IDS, Andrew Neil, Jon Trickett, Angela Eagle
Front Row, Radio 4 John Wilson
Moral Maze Ed Mayo, Paul Collier
Newsnight Evan Davis, Peter Kellner, James O'Brien & Will Self, James O'Brien again
PM, Radio 4 Bridget Kendall, Norman Smith 
Radio 4, 6 o'clock News Nicola Sturgeon, Katya Adler
Radio 4 (non-specific) David Graeber, Michael Sandel
Radio 4 Extra (non-specific) Arnie Somogyi
Radio 5 Drive Simon Walker
Radio 5 (non-specific) Nick Raynsford
Spectator Adam Nicolson, Bruce Anderson, [Mehdi Hasan]
The Sun editorial
Sunday Politics Caroline Flint, Tim Donovan, David Lammy
Today, Radio 4 Justin Webb, Bridget Kendall, Farage, Jon Sopel, Justin Webb again
Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson
Other:
Scottish Leaders' Debate Sturgeon
Manifesto Launch Nigel Farage
Acceptance speech Julie Elliot
The written word Tim Gordon

MM: Two OGreeks and One OPeople (#44)

Moral Maze 1st July on the Greek debt (what else?)

It all happened in the summing up Michael Buerk loosed two ordinary Greeks in one paragraph and then Melanie Phillips topped that with an ordinary people.

The next program up had one too.

Images from Wikipedia and Twitter.

Audio clips: Buerk Phillips.