Newsnight OVot

Newsnight 28th Aug intro James O'Brien "ordinary voters".

Mr. O'Brien is a serial offender, see here and here.

R4 WatO Ordinary Chinese People

24th August R4 WatO, Edward Stourton and Jonty Bloom discussing the Chinese economic problems. Jonty,

"The problem is that 80% of investors in Chinese shocks and stares [sic] are ordinary Chinese people."

Image from Speakers Corner.

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#54 Sean Kemp, R4 Today

John Humphries and Sean Kemp discussed politicians and photo opportunities, prompted by an image of Putin in a mini submarine. The discussion turned to Cameron in particular and British politicians in general and how they cannot be seen to be travelling or living luxuriously . Two OPs deployed in quick succession by Sean,

"When they do try and sort of do the 'oh I'm being and ordinary person' thing they are not actually treated like an ordinary person,  they and do the like ordinary things like read the paper and have some crisps..."

It might be argued that it was correct usage in contrasting politicians and "ordinary people", but in this case Sean seemed to be accepting the distinction.

Image from the broadcast [which is strange for a radio programme].

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Newsnight OVot

Newsnight 18th Aug, Evan Davis (one of our earliest offenders, #2) used "ordinary voters" in the introductory sequence,

"What do ordinary voters in this key marginal [Nuneaton] make of Corbyn-omics"

Image from the broadcast.

R4 8:08 OWork

R4 Today 17th August, 8 o'clock news read by Diana Speed,

"New research has found that the average pay of a chief executive in leading UK companies is almost five million pounds, a hundred and eighty three times that of ordinary workers."

Image from the BBC.

R4 Sunday Worship OCit

A first capture from Sunday Worship. Broadcast from Lichfield Cathedral, introduced by The Very Rev'd Adrian Dorber, who said,

"Good Morning. This weekend the nation marks the 70th anniversary of VJ day, the end of World War Two. Yesterday this cathedral hosted a national service for the children and families of Far East prisoners of war. In today's worship we continue to remember prisoners of war who suffered and died at the hands of their cruel captors, but also the ordinary citizens of Japan who died in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki  before their rulers surrendered."

Image from English Cathedrals. 

R4 8:03 OJap Rupert Wingfield-Hayes

Saturday 15th August R4 Today at 8:03

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reporting from Japan on the 70th anniversary of the bombings and surrender,

"Even after 70 years August 15th is a day that Japan still struggles with. For the first time ever Japan's emperor Akihito expressed profound remorse for what had happened in a the war, a war that was fought in his father's name. But that stood in stark contrast to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who failed to use this anniversary to make his own fresh apology for Japan's actions At the Yasukuni shrine, tens of thousands of ordinary Japanese have been lining up to remember the two-and-a-half million who died. For most, there is nothing political about this, but among the crowd here are groups of men with crew-cuts, wearing paramilitary clothing and carrying imperial army flags. They march in and bow deeply, not only to the war dead, but also to the twelve Class-A war criminals whose spirits are also enshrined here. That includes the spirit of Hideki Tojo, the man who led Japan during the war and who these right-wingers still revere as a martyr."

Image from the BBC.

#53 Sanchia Berg on R4 Today

13th August, Radio 4 Today programme 38 mins in. Report on Latvian adoption case by Sanchia Berg.

"she now has some very significant support back in Latvia, not just from ordinary people but from Latvian MPs ..."

Image from Twitter.

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Radio 4 Today, Stephen Timms OUKC

August 11th, Radio 4 Today, 1hr 16mins in, discussing proposed benefit changes for migrants that would have to apply to those born here. Naughtie interviewing Stephen Timms, Shadow Minister for Employment. Mr Timms said,

"most people would find it unacceptable for ordinary UK citizens to be denied support because the government's EU renegotiation hasn't [tails off]... " and again "... most people would take the view that it wouldn't be acceptable for ordinary UK citizens to be badly hit because the governments renegotiation efforts haven't succeeded."

Image from  Wikipedia.

Sian Williams SML OWM

Sian Williams, Sunday Morning Live, 37 mins in, discussing should you give money to beggars, quoted Orwell,

"society despises beggars because people seem to feel there is some essential difference between them and ordinary working men they are a race apart, outcasts, like criminals and prostitutes..."

Image from the broadcast.

July Summary

Here are the Feb-Mar, April, May and June summaries.

July saw the milestones of 50 occurrences and 100 blog entries.

The quiet season began in late July with Daily Politics, Sunday Politics and Andrew Marr taking a break until September. Nevertheless, OPS are still to be found.

The July events were:

Hits

#	Date	User	Occasion	Comments
44	1st July	Melanie Phillips	Moral Maze
45	3rd July	Eliane Glaser	Four Thought
46	5th July	Jeremy Corbyn	R5 Pienaar's Politics
47	10th July	Andrew Neil	DPol
48	17th July	John Hayes	R4 PM
49	19th July	Dianne Abbot	AMarr
50	19th July	Shami Chakrabarti	SunMorLive
51	28th July	Anna Foster	R5 Drive
52	29th Jul7	Rev. Colin Coward	MMaze	100th bog

Near Misses

Date	Person	Occasion	Comments
1 Jul	Michael Buerk	MMaze	ordinary Greeks (twice)
5Jul	Andrew Marr	Eponymously	ordinary taxpayers
11Jul	Nicola Sturgeon	Spectator	ordinary folks, reported by Kate Chisholm in the radio review
12 Jul	n/k	Telegraph	ordinary Greeks
12 Jul	n/k	R5 discussing makeup/acne	ordinary girls
19 Jul	Pilgrim Tucker (Unite)	DPol	ordinary working people
20 Jul	Helen Goodman	R4 Today	ordinary families

Good Usage
Nothing new

#	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

Analysis of Sources

Source	Users
Andrew Marr Show	Ed Balls, Kristin Scott Thomas, Caroline Flint, Diane Abbot
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, Andrew Neil again
Front Row, Radio 4	John Wilson
Moral Maze	Ed Mayo, Paul Collier, Melanie Phillips, Colin Coward
Newsnight	Evan Davis, Peter Kellner, James O'Brien & Will Self, James O'Brien again
PM, Radio 4	Bridget Kendall, Norman Smith, John Hayes
Radio 4, 6 o'clock News	Nicola Sturgeon, Katya Adler
Radio 4 (non-specific)	David Graeber, Michael Sandel, Eliane Glaser
Radio 4 Extra (non-specific)	Arnie Somogyi
Radio 5 Drive	Simon Walker, Anna Foster
R5 Pienaar's Politics	Jeremy Corbyn
Radio 5 (non-specific)	Nick Raynsford
Spectator	Adam Nicolson, Bruce Anderson, [Mehdi Hasan]
The Sun	editorial
Sunday Morning Live	Shami Chakrabarti
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