#26 The Sun, reported on R4

BBC Radio 4's Today programme promoted the newspaper slot to
the headlines when reporting that the Scottish Sun is supporting Sturgeon and the SNP, while the [rest of the UK] Sun is supporting the Tories.
The BBC's Scotland correspondent, Colin Blane reported at both 7o'c and 8o'c that the Southern Sun states "the Tories are the best bet for millions of ordinary people".
For the first time in my life, I bought a copy of the Sun today and the beginning and end of the piece are shown right.
Colin Blane is, I guess, innocent as a mere mouthpiece and will therefore be postcard-less, but he could have distanced himself by inserting a 'so-called'. Maybe a postcard to the editor [sent 2nd May].

Recycled Radio on Money

April 28th BBC R4 @ 23:58
This programme is a bundle of audio bits and pieces.
The chunk in question discussed the Glories of Capitalism and concluded that "the record of history is absolutely crystal clear that there is no alternative way so far discovered of improving the lot of ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system".

No identifiable culprit.

Manifesto Analysis

The Labour Party's manifesto uses the word 'people' 167 times, 'working people' 20 times and the word 'ordinary' only once, in the sentence "Institutional investors will have a duty to act in the best interests of ordinary savers".

The Conservative Manifesto: people = 159, working people = 5, ordinary = none.

The Liberal Democratic Manifesto: people = 167, working people = 2, ordinary = 1, but the sentence is, "Unfair votes, overcentralisation of decision-making, the power of patronage and the influence of powerful corporate lobbies mean ordinary citizens and local communities are too often excluded and sidelined in politics today".

UKIP's Manifesto: people = 81, working people = 1, ordinary = 1 in the sentence, "UK childcare costs are now the most expensive in Europe, and among the highest in the world. Costs can be crippling for ordinary families".

Plaid Cymru's Manifesto (bearing in mind I can only vouch for the English version): people = 47, working people = 26, ordinary = none.

The SNP's Manifesto: people = 85, working people = 0, ordinary = 4, all four in the phrase 'ordinary people'.

The Greens' Manifesto: people = 195, working people = 0, ordinary = 0.

#25 Tim Donovan

During each Sunday Politics there is a switch to local affairs and today (26th April) Tim Donovan introduced the London segment. Analysing Labour's offer in the coming election, he referred to "a promise to help more ordinary Londoners". 38 mins in.

Image from the broadcast.

OWP from Ken Capstick

21st April, BBC R4 @ 6.42, Ken Capstick of the Socialist Labour Party, discussing their policy of nationalising pension funds.

Image from Twitter.

#24b Farage and an OWP from Marco Biagi

17th April, BBC Radio 4's Today Programme reported the secondary leaders' debate in which Farage said "The gap between our career, professional political classes and ordinary people has never been wider". Timed at 1hr 13min in. Image from Google.

And on the 9am news following Today, Marco Biagi of the SNP hoped that they could "pull the Labour Party back to where the Labour Party used to be, the party for ordinary working people". Image from Twitter.

#24 Nigel Farage

Mr Farage has narrowly missed a postcard a couple of times on 4th March ('ordinary, decent working families') and 22nd March ('ordinary decent working people').

Launching UKIP's manifesto today, as reported on BBC Radio 4's PM, he said "ordinary people have been left behind and they've simply got no-one to speak for them". About 39 minutes in to the show.

Image from the UKIP web site, where it was added today.