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.
Wednesday 19 August 2015
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"
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