"The discounters did better, reflecting the fact that people are trading down".
It must be about better reflecting the will of the people.
The party would be better reflecting on its own downfall in a land they once dominated.
Its acting chair, Diane Coyle, said putting more older women on screen could make an immediate difference, better reflecting the diversity of an "increasingly kaleidoscopic nation".
With Apple's iTunes becoming almost a single point of sale for online music, variable pricing could, at last, help the recording industry by better reflecting demand.
BBC diversity adviser Lady Grey-Thompson has said the BBC may have to spend £100m on better reflecting the make-up of its audience and called for executives who fail to embrace change to be fired.
According to The Des Moines Register poll, 48% of Iowans think she takes extreme positions, versus 33% for Braley, yet she trumps him, 51% versus 37%, in "better reflecting Iowa values".
"All audiences expect the BBC to have a serious agenda built on its traditional values of accuracy and impartiality, but some want a broader agenda too, better reflecting the diversity of life in the UK today.
All of which raises some questions about whether television actually made any progress last fall in better reflecting the audience it serves, and whether viewers will see a return to old, monochromatic ways in the coming season.
Reversing the defeat would now require nothing less than the reconstitution of contemporary trade unionism in ways that go beyond better reflecting the changed composition of the working class in terms of occupation, gender or ethnicity.
Chief constable Giles York, of the National Police Chiefs Council, said forces better reflecting the communities they served would improve ties with the public but that progress had been slower than he wanted.
