Monday, September 15, 2008

Out of touch

The great majority of people – sitting down to their Sunday lunch today ...

So said the Chief Whip on Radio 4 news

It may be just one of those phrases – like blue rinse brigade - that summons up an image long departed from real life, it may even br true of the majority of Radio 4 listeners

Some might find it more akin to John Major’s spinsters on bicycles – nostalgic but out of touch with modern life