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.

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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.

Image from the show.

Audio clip

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

A bumper crop

No slacking with the election over, three spots in an hour:

Andrew Neil saving himself from a postcard on a recording of today's Daily Politics
Norman Smith (BBC) twice on PM
Simon Walker (DG IoD) three times on Drive

Andrew Neil, Daily Politics, doing it properly

The seemingly tireless Mr Neil describing the new intake of SNP MPs, "my guess is that they will come from pretty ordinary (in the good sense of the word) backgrounds".
Appropriate usage, no postcard.
9 mins in

Image from the broadcast.

Audio clips, #1