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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Sunday, 5 July 2015

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."