recent rise in crime

[Adam Atkinson (ETL)]

> We also had Beckett (what's the quote about David Frost?  ``He rose
> without trace?'') on Radio Four slightly later, referring to ``giving
> the information [ about the CSR ] in terms _ordinary_ people can
> understand''.  The implication that the towering intellect of the
> Cabinet can unlock truths the rest of us are incapable of 
> comprehending
> is normally the product of arrogant governments that have 
> been in power
> for too long.

I think "ordinary people" should be taken to mean Homer Simpson.