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…

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.

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.

“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.

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

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.

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