Tag Archive for plebs

The power of words

Baroness Deech

I have been puzzling over this one.  The Tory Chief Whip eventually resigned over the issue of using (although he denies it) the word “plebs” in relation to the police. He admitted swearing at them, but swearing, whatever the words, was not deemed to be as great a sin as the use of the word…

Are cyclists plebs too?

Lord Berkeley

Attending a very successful cycling conference in Church House, Westminster,  I was surprised to be told, along with the 300 odd other delegates, that it was not allowed to cycle round the quadrangle of DeansYard.  Given the large number of cars parked in Deans Yard who presumably have to be driven round it to get…