Khana Lagur

She needs them to support her fat @rse.

Too true. Watson's is just down the road from me (nearest school to us) and we got an invite to an open day when we moved into our house. Told them I wasn't comfortable with fee-charging schools adopting charitible status and offering token scholarships as a pretence at openess and 'equality'. The head was mortified when I said I thought my kids would be more socially rounded by opting for Firrhill. I don't mind Portillo either. Bumped into him in the Malt Shovel - of all places - one night and he was sound. And I like that railway show as well. Johnny's long had the inside track - and a solution

Tonev should have to come on here and explain himself. There is no more impartial court of arbitration on earth

My wee local shop used to sell only one copy (me) before the ref. Now it sells 12 copies most weeks.

middle managers who tell you they "always strive for excellence".

Not being a Guardian reader, I prefer the original publication of this article on Mike's own website http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2014/10/30/and-it-was-all-yellow/ It also has a nice picture with it

Your way of thinking is obvious enough (and may indeed prove correct in the short-term) but it ignores that the global financial system is a complex system and hostage to the kind of economic determinism that got us into the mess we're in. I think the biggest factor the US has in its economic favour is that is 'owns' the global reserve currency. That is one of the main reasons why it can run such large defecits without too much worry. If the USD ever ceases to be the world's currency (and there's signs in commodity markets that it might be on the horizon) then the US will be in a whole new era. Currently uncertainty and recession generally sees investors buy the USD. But that affects US exports, which in turn affects interest rates, so it's a precarious juggling act the US has in its hands. I wouldn't like to be the guy that has to steer the US economy through the next five years.

Imagine the SNP being Westminster's kingmaker.

"Johann Lamont - The Naked Truth". Don't watch alone!

Corrections are an everyday aspect of markets. Unfortunately they don't, IMO, focus ordinary minds - they just encourage shifts of attention to other places. People are in markets to make money so they just follow the money. When stocks crash people invest in things like gold, or the US dollar (still, strangely). By rights corrections should focus minds but we're no longer in an era where markets are driven by ordinary human investors seeking old fashioned outcomes like value and growth. Humans ( such as quants, maths grads, highly-skilled computer scientists etc) are involved - but they are there only to operate and design the future generations of trading machines that can conduct hundreds of millions of trades across worldwide exchanges in a fraction of a nanosecond. That's what you're up against. Corrections are built into these market-running systems - they are designed into the algorithms underpinning them so they can take advantage of dips and peaks to make even more money. Markets are zero sum games - for every person who loses, someone makes. The authorities in the US didn't really see this sort of high frequency trading stuff coming and by the time they did the only option they had was to work with it as best they could. It's inevitable IMO that more 'crashes' will happen in future. If you want a flavour of how global exchanges work in real time have a look at this. This is a video of half a second's real-time global trading in just Johnson & Johnson shares. First you see it in real time then you see it over just under six mins to show it more clearly. The firing and dots you are seeing is buy and sell orders being run and completed, or run and cancelled,between exchanges quicker than you can blink as buyers and sellers try to take advantage of things such as arbitrage.

Doesn't matter what age group people fall into. The biggest 'swing' in a future indy ref will come from people who either realise they got it wrong or felt they were duped.

It really just a suspension of QE. The US will never rule out using it again because it knows that it's economy will probably require more QE further down the line,.It'll be Wall St that decides if and when QE returns, not the Fed. It's how the US monetary system works. The US economy really needs tax increases and the reduction of its addiction to corporate subsidy - but that's not what Wall St wants because it affects the incomes of the wealthy (the real government). But I agree it's looking like we're heading for a decent correction (at least) in the US markets. US$ is already about a third weaker than it's pre-recession level and the nature of institutional equity investors will ensure at least decent technical corrections will hit the stockmarket. Most casual observers don't see corrections coming because they believe the Dow Jones Industrial Average index is the equity market's best guide.

Murphy took a few days to announce this because he's been busy. As one of Hlloween's favourite characters, he's had a full schedule of hauntings to plan. I love the way Labour politicians constantly go on about tackling poverty, especially Scottish ones. The reality is partly that Labour need the continuation of poverty for their vote. I look forward to hearing what Jim et al's plans are for this great social re-engineering, given that any attempt at tackling poverty would have to start with a truly progressive tax system - which Labour doesn't want it's Scottish branch office to have power over. Is it not a requirement that anyone standing for Scottish branch manager has to commit to the goal of FM?

Coppers always a good night out but I'd give Flannery's bar (next street over) a shout as well.

I'd echo that. Great country to visit, if a bit less touristically developed than you might be used to. But maybe that's part of the appeal. Certainly in Tbilisi, if you're crossing the main roads (with or without kids) use the underpasses.

IMO, tennis is probably the easiest sport to make money on if you are a trader. If you're a football punter, always lay Hibs in a derby - and particularly when they are a goal ahead. It's as simple as that.

A sub-12 hour absence? Is this just a new relationship?

Sarwar - a machine politician. Epitomises everything that's wrong with politics. he thinks he's an intellectual, but many other people just think he's a khunt.

The bigger issue, as far as the DVLA is concerned isn't your address - it's your photo. You are required to provide a new photo every ten years (to chart you as you age - duh!) If you don;t comply with this, you face having to snog Johann Lamont.

I've never worn a poppy. It's not about making a statement or not making a statement. When I was born I was lucky enough to be born with a memory, which is where I do my remembrance. I wasn't born with lapels.

Why does my non use of Facebook not make me feel like I'm missing out on anything here?

Nothing about Broon points to him wanting the job. Firstly: he's done his bit in saving the union, so job done. He's moved on from day-to-day politics, hence his describing himself as an ex-politician, not to mention his awful Commons attendance record. Secondly: he's sees himself as being a global statesman (let's not forget he saved the banks, saved the global economy and saved the 'greatest' political union the world has ever known). He sees himself as too high profile for a branch office job. Thirdly: Lamont has just resigned because Labour in Scotland is being run (over-run) by Westminster. If it wants to revive its fortunes in Scotland it cannot appoint a Westminster MP as leader. That would only entrench the view that Holyrood is a second-tier parliament controlled (ultimately) by Westminster. It would further hasten their decline up here and play into the hands of the SNP/Yes camp. Fourthly: whoever is Labour leader in Scotland would probably have to step down after they are trounced in the Scottish elections in 2016. That would be too much of a humiliation for Broon. In saying that, he's an arrogant, self-loving khunt who probably covers himself in chocolate and licks it off and there's no telling what his ego might drive him blindly into. If the role of God doesn't come up for election soon, Broon might just be tickled by the possibility of saving Labour in Scotland. Either way, Johann Lamont stepping down is a huge blow for the live comedy scene in Scotland. I actually hate Labour in Scotland more than Thatcher. At least Thatcher was honest in her intent. Lamont was just a cowardly hypoctite.

Will Mr Ashley use his Tesco share price plunge winnings to buy Rangers?

I stayed at the North Star for the Carling games. Thought it was fine (apart from an odd stale smell in the hall) and the breakfast was great. When my missus, who is an uber D4 girl, found out she threatend have me deloused, cut my baws off then divorce me for crossing to the north side of the Liffey. When I told her we'd gone bevying in the Chancery Inn on Ellis Quay (as splendid a jakey bar as you will find anywhere) she threatened to kill me, such was her apparent shame Had to promise not to mention my flirtation with Dub's odd-number postcodes when we next met her snooty pals in Cafe en Seine and Lillies.

Why does Johann Lamont never get asked onto QT?