I emailed BBC Radio Nottingham and The Nottingham Evening Post (as I still call it) about mushy pea-gate, and received a phone call this afternoon from the paper. I couldn't take the call straight away, and got an answering machine, (not 'voicemail', an answering machine, I'm old school) but unfortunately didn't get a call back. It was about half past four, so I imagine that P.O.E.T.S*. was being employed at the office.
*Piss Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday
When we go to the fair tomorrow, I intend to go all Roger Cook on their arse and write a report on mushy pea-gate. I will of course try and get a word or two from the pea stall to see why they have courted outrage once again, after upsetting Nottingham in 2010.
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In unrelated news, a few years ago I made a very brief mention of Jimmy Savile's connection with the children's home Haut de la Garenne. While I skirted the issue, and unusually for me I avoided speaking my mind, which is how the dirty old cunt got away with it for so long in the first place. Since the documentary about Savile went out on ITV on Wednesday, five people who attended Haut da la Garenne have come forward to say that they were sexually assaulted by him.
Last night, a YouTube video of Gary Glitter performing on Jim'll Fix It did the rounds on Twitter. The bit at the end where Savile comments to Glitter how the girl is very shy was about the creepiest thing I've ever seen. The saddest thing about the whole episode is that the kids asked to go on Jim'll Fix It in the first place, their letter being the start of it, as the song went. Nobody expects to go on a light entertainment show and get raped by the presenter. By strange coincidence, Glitter's name has entered the Jimmy Savile reports today, as a woman claims that she was groped in a BBC dressing room while Gary Glitter had sex with a youngster. There was another well known personality in the room, who also allegedly assaulted an under age girl. That man is Freddie Starr!
The papers have handled this development in different ways. Several papers reported that Starr had failed to bring an injunction against a libellous story being circulated, but didn't say what the allegation was. The Sun, subtle as ever, went ahead and mentioned Freddie Starr directly in connection with a light entertainment gang rape taking place. I know we have the innocent until proven guilty law, but would you bust a gut to obtain an injunction if you had nothing to hide? It quite frankly wouldn't surprise me if it turned out that Starr was involved, as there has always been something a bit sinister about him. He denies it, and only time will tell if he is telling the truth. The onus is on the accuser to speak up about Gary Glitter now, as he will then need to be arrested and questioned. If one good thing comes from this episode, then at least one less paedophile will be free to roam.
If Freddie Starr is innocent of these claims, then at least can we arrest him for crimes against comedy?
