There's a blog where I log the use of the phrase 'ordinary people' by politicians and journalists.
This page is a stash of resources for that page, starting with audio clips.
Date | Source | Speaker | Clips | Link |
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29 Sep | DPol | Corbyn | clip #1 clip #2 | |
27 Sep | Marr | Corbyn B | clip | |
27 Sep | Marr | Corbyn A | clip | |
Mark Serwotka | clip | |||
Ken Livingstone | clip #1 clip #2 | |||
13 Sep | Corbyn | clip | ||
10 Sep | Burgon | clip | ||
6 Sep | Marr | Christiane Amanpour | clip | |
24 Aug | WatO | Jonty Bloom | clip | |
20 Aug | Today | Sean Kemp | clip | |
13 Aug | Today | Sanchia Berg | clip | |
29 Jul | MM | Rev. Colin Coward | clip | |
28 Jul | R5 Drive | Anna Foster | clip | |
19 July | Sunday Morning Live | Shami Chakrabarti | clip | |
19 July | Andrew Marr | Dianne Abbott | clip | |
17th July | R4 PM | John Hayes | clip | |
10th Jul | DPol | Andrew Neil | clip | |
5th July | Pienaar's Politics | Jeremy Corbyn | clip | |
1st July | Four Thought | Eliane Glaser | clip | |
1st July | Moral Maze | Melanie Phillips | clip | |
1st July | Moral Maze | Michael Buerk | clip | |
30th June | DPol | Jo Coburn | clip | |
28th June | Top Gear | Jeremy Clarkson | clip | entry |
24th June | R4 MM | Anthony Gleees | clip | entry |
19th June | R4 AQ | Joanna Cherry | clip | |
15th June | R4 Today | Justin Webb | clip | entry |
13th June | R4 Today | Jon Sopel | clip | entry |
12th June | R4 World This Weekend | Katie Cutler | clip | entry |
11th June | R4 Today | David Lindo | clip | entry |
10th June | Moral Maze | Prof. Collier | clip | entry |
9th June | Daily Politics | Angela Eagle | clip | entry |
25th May | R4 News | Katya Adler | clip | entry |
19th May | Dilemma | Sue Perkins (chair) | clip | entry |
17th May | R5 | Len McClusky, OWP | clip | entry |
17th May | Sunday Politics | David Lammy | clip | entry |
15th May | Daily Politics | Jon Trickett | 1st 2nd | #35 |
12th May | Daily Politics | Andrew Neil | clip | Neil |
12th May | BBC R5 Drive | Simon Walker (DG IoD) | 1st 2nd 3rd | #34 |
6th April | Front Row | Peggy Seggar | clip | entry |
# | Date | User | Occasion | Comments |
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53 | 13 Aug | Sanchia Berg | R4 Today | |
54 | 20 Aug | Sean Kemp | R4 Today | |
45 | 3rd Jul | Eliane Glaser | Four Thought | |
46 | 5th July | Jeremy Corbyn | R5 Pienaar's Politics | |
47 | 10th Jul | Andrew Neil | DPol | |
48 | 17th July | John Hayes | R4 PM | |
49 | 19th July | Dianne Abbot | AMarr | |
50 | 19th July | Shami Chakrabarti | SunMorLive | |
51 | 28th July | Anna Foster | R5 Drive | |
52 | 29th Jul | Rev. Colin Coward | MMaze | 100th bog |
38 | 9th Jun | Angela Eagle | DPol | |
39 | 10th June | Paul Collier | MM | |
40 | 11th June | David Lindo | Today | Used it nicely, |
12th Jun | Katie Cutler | R4 World Tonight | Used it sweetly. | |
41 | 13th Jun | Jon Sopel | Today | |
16b | 15th Jun | Justin Webb | Today | |
42 | 19th June | Joanna Cherry | Any Questions | |
2010 | Mehdi Hasan | New Statesman | Referenced by Dot Wordsworth in the Spectator. | |
43 | 29th Jun | Jeremy Clarkson | Top Gear | On his last show: seriously patronising. |
22b | 1st May | James O'Brien | Newsnight | |
29 | 5th May | IDS | Daily Politics | twice |
30 | 7th May | Julie Elliot | acceptance speech | |
31 | 8th May | Nick Raynsford | R5 | |
32 | Tim Gordon | LibDem literature | ||
33 | 12th May | Norman Smith | PM | twice |
- | 12th May | Andrew Neil | Daily Politics | adroit recovery |
34 | 12th May | Simon Walker (IoD) | R5 Drive | 3 times |
35 | 15th May | John Trickett | Daily Politics | |
36 | 17th May | David Lammy | Sunday Politics | twice |
- | 19th May | Sue Perkins | R4 Dilemma | used ironically |
37 | 25th May | Katya Adler | R4 News | |
- | 23rd May | Bruce Anderson | Spectator | good usage |
Date | Person | Occasion | Comments |
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9th Aug | Sian Williams | Sunday Morning Live | ordinary working men (quoting Orwell) |
11th Aug | Stephen Timms | R4 Today | ordinary UK citizens (twice) |
15th Aug | Rupert Wingfield-Hayes | R4 Toay | ordinary Japanese |
16th Aug | The Very Rev'd Adrian Dorber | R4 Sunday Worship | ordinary citizens of Japan |
17th Aug | Diana Speed | R4 Today | ordinary workers |
19th Aug | Evan Davis | Newsnight | ordinary voters |
24th Aug | Jonty Bloom | WatO | ordinary Chinese people |
28th Aug | James O'Brien | Newsnight | ordinary voters |
1st Jul | Michael Buerk | MMaze | ordinary Greeks (twice) |
5th Jul | Andrew Marr | Eponymously | ordinary taxpayers |
11th Jul | Nicola Sturgeon | Spectator | ordinary folks, reported by Kate Chisholm in the radio review |
12th Jul | n/k | Telegraph | ordinary Greeks |
12th Jul | n/k | R5 discussing makeup/acne | ordinary girls |
19th Jul | Pilgrim Tucker (Unite) | DPol | ordinary working people |
20th Jul | Helen Goodman MP | R4 Today | ordinary families |
5th Jun | Front Row | ordinary citizens | |
8th Jun | Today | ordinary working men | |
24th Jun | Anthony Glees | Maral Maze | ordinary Muslim Mums and Dads |
30th Jun | JoCo | Daily Politics | ordinary Greeks |
3rd May | Rafael Behr | R4 Westmister Hour | ordinary folk |
5th May | Claire Fox | LBC Nick Ferrari show | ordinary British kids |
6th May | Andrew Grice | R4 Media Show | ordinary voters |
8th May | Jo Brand | HIGNFY | ordinary voters |
14th May | Len McClusky | Newsnight | real ordinary people |
17th May | Len McClusky | R4 Today | |
21st May | Nigel Farage | R4 News | ordinary folk |
# | Date | User | Occasion | Comments |
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40 | 11th June | David Lindo | Today | Used it nicely, |
- | 12th Jun | Katie Cutler | R4 World Tonight | Used it sweetly. |
- | 12th May | Andrew Neil | Daily Politics | adroit recovery |
- | 23rd May | Bruce Anderson | Spectator | good usage |
Source | Users |
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Andrew Marr Show | Ed Balls, Kristin Scott Thomas, Caroline Flint, Diane Abbot |
Any Questions | Joanna Cherry |
Big Questions | Kunle Olulode |
Daily Politics | Frances O'Grady, Jonathan Isaby, Carole Malone, Shabana Mahmood, Giles Dilnot, IDS, Andrew Neil, Jon Trickett, Angela Eagle, Andrew Neil again |
Front Row, Radio 4 | John Wilson |
Moral Maze | Ed Mayo, Paul Collier, Melanie Phillips, Colin Coward |
Newsnight | Evan Davis, Peter Kellner, James O'Brien & Will Self, James O'Brien again |
PM, Radio 4 | Bridget Kendall, Norman Smith, John Hayes |
Radio 4, 6 o'clock News | Nicola Sturgeon, Katya Adler |
Radio 4 (non-specific) | David Graeber, Michael Sandel, Eliane Glaser |
Radio 4 Extra (non-specific) | Arnie Somogyi |
Radio 5 Drive | Simon Walker, Anna Foster |
R5 Pienaar's Politics | Jeremy Corbyn |
Radio 5 (non-specific) | Nick Raynsford |
Spectator | Adam Nicolson, Bruce Anderson, [Mehdi Hasan] |
The Sun | editorial |
Sunday Morning Live | Shami Chakrabarti |
Sunday Politics | Caroline Flint, Tim Donovan, David Lammy |
Today, Radio 4 | Justin Webb, Bridget Kendall, Farage, Jon Sopel, Justin Webb again |
Top Gear | Jeremy Clarkson |
Other: | |
Scottish Leaders' Debate | Sturgeon |
Manifesto Launch | Nigel Farage |
Acceptance speech | Julie Elliot |
The written word | Tim Gordon |
Maker | Model | Links | Notes |
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Wiard | Noisering | Muff1 - Muff2 - Wiard | Two Muffwiggler threads and and an old Blacet manual. |
Pittsburgh | Chain Reactor | Product page | |
Wiard | Anti-Oscillator | Muff | More Muff |
Doepfer | Inverter | Manual | |
Doepfer | Clock Divider | Manual | |
Wiard | Wogglebug | Manual | |
Pittsburgh | Sequencer | Product page | |
Doepfer | Sample and Hold | Manual | |
Doepfer | Envelope Generator | Manual | |
Doepfer | A-132.3 Dual VCA | A-130 | no manual, simple exp VCA link |