Comments on: TODAY’S TOP STORIES / 9th November

By: Jennie Rigg

Jennie Rigg — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:12:14 +0000

TG was awesomesauce indeed last night. Captain Slow went fast!

By: pickwick

pickwick — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:31:42 +0000

I just wandered over here following the Bindel story…and there I was being randomly linked to! Cheers, Jennie. Weren’t the clouds on Top Gear amazing tonight, though?

(I’m obsessing. It’s worrying people.)

I note that ‘The BBC spokesperson told TV.com, however, that they are “not confirming this at all” ‘ is not an absolutely convincing rebuttal. Although I hadn’t even heard that rumour anyway.

By: sarah

sarah — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:42:48 +0000

Phew! There’s more links in there than in a… website designer’s control panel!

By: James

James — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:00:13 +0000

“Why are they apportioning blame due to race, and not crazy fundamentalism? Silly people.”

Because, unfortunately, it would seem from all evidence available that black people voted in favour far more frequently than white people/hispanics did. Certainly, though, black fundamentalism is likely to have played a large part in that. And without the batshit insane Church of Latter Day Saints the whole campaign wouldn’t have had enough cash to get off the ground. But it’s quite a turn around that white voters were more able to get past their fear of black rule than black voters were gay weddings.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:25:56 +0000

The voter turnout story is utter rubbish – they compare the percentages of registered voters who turned up at the polls, but only mention in passing the enormous campaigns to get more people registered. They don’t give the percentage of those eligible to register who voted, even as an estimate. I’d also be interested in how turnout compares in states where registration is easy and those where it is more complicated.

This is what comes of giving statistics to humanities graduates.

By: Jennie Rigg

Jennie Rigg — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:35:33 +0000

I used to live in Hyson Green when I did the BVC, and used to frequent the Fair and Firkin on/near Clumber street, by the simple expedient of it being the nearest halfway decent pub to the bar school building.

I went to the Olde Trip a few times too, though.

By: Aaron Heath

Aaron Heath — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:17:45 +0000

Oh there used to a fab little pub in Nottingham that was similarly modernised. It was all dark wood and bemches, and now it looks like the garish apartment of a twentysomthing city shark.

The menu was brilliant. Door-stop sandwiches. Chilli. Curries. Basically the perfect Saturday afternoon pub-scrawl fodder.

It was also right across from one of the old cinemas. Many a post-film natter and a snack in there.

Gosh I miss the old Notts. It’s all Starbucks and fancy space-age trams now. That said at least the Forbidden Planet store is bigger…

By: Jennie Rigg

Jennie Rigg — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:10:07 +0000

has poted an entirely non-partisan netcast: http://tinyurl.com/666g5s