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.

Sunday 27 September 2015

#62 Corbyn on Marr, two OPs

The Andrew Marr show from the Labour Party conference in Brighton. Two occurrences:

On Russian participation in Syria, "who are the losers of that? ordinary people"

Asked about John McDonnell's choice of words in the past, he first focussed on his role as Shadow Chancellor "how much they are going to improve the lives of ordinary people in Britain"

Image from the show.

Audio clips - first - second.
Not postcarded: missed the moment, this being written up on 19th Oct.

Less Ordinary

Sunday 27 September 2015

#62 Corbyn on Marr, two OPs

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