Alex MacLeod

Sorry if I've made you laugh Laurence but, living in Perth, I travel to matches in Inverness by train. I've seen trouble start and I've seen how quick the police appear. I've been held at Aviemore and at Pitlochry for an age awaiting the police because the conductor and driver have refused to move until the trouble makers were dealt with. The conductors may go and sit in their box but the police will have been notified and they will be at the next station stop.

Something that not many people seem to know or choose to ignore. Pavement's are not built to take vehicle weights. Many pavements have utility services a foot or two below them. If you drive onto the pavement and as a result damage was done to any of those services then you could find yourself forking out for the repair costs.

She made a commitment in 2010. She married in 2011. When standing for election did she know her personal life would change?

Below is the full list of squad numbers as registered with SPL. Other teams can be found at http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.asp?page=s2&newsid=11554 Inverness CT 1 Ryan Esson 2 David Raven 3 Graeme Shinnie 4 Owain Tudur Jones 5 Gary Warren 6 Chris Hogg 7 Billy McKay 8 Ross Draper 9 Richie Foran 10 Andrew Shinnie 11 Nick Ross 12 Antonio Reguero 14 Josh Meekings 15 Simon King 16 Jason Oswell 17 Aaron Doran 18 Shane Sutherland 19 Gavin Morrison 20 Martin Laing 21 Liam Polworth 22 Conor Pepper 31 Scott Matheson 32 Matthew Cooper 33 Ryan Watson 34 Matthew Murphy 35 Steven Mackenzie 36 Jay Cheyne 37 Calum Ferguson 38 Ryan Christie 39 Kevin Buchan 40 Kyle Whyte 41 Andrew Skinner

coach

So you think she should leave her family just to stay on as an MP? The woman has a life outside politics and her husband lives and works in New York so she has decided thats where she wants to be. Good on her.

Sorry Laurence but you are wrong on many counts and possibly blinded by the anti independence propoganda. Oil of the Scottish coasts will not run out in the next 100 years. The north sea has quite a few new developments coming onstream now and there are still many untapped areas. The west of Shetland and Atlantic developments are being progressed and there's a lot to be found in those deep water regions. Regions that are only coming to the fore now as deep water drilling technology changes. Scotland is also at the forefront in research and development of a number of renewable energy projects. There is a lot of tax revenue from oil for a lot of years to come. There are also many thousands employed in the industry who are high end tax payers and who spend their money in Scotland. Which brings me to your point on income tax. At the moment everyone in UK who pays tax pays it to a central fund regardless of which office handles their accounts. In an independent environment they would pay their taxes in the country they resided in. Why would the Bank of England need to support a Scottish pound? Scotland still gaurantee's its currency in sterling silver. The pound would remain though and it would be supported by England for one very simple reason. The majority of trade in Britian crosses the border of Scotland and England in both directions. One of our biggest foriegn exports is whiskey. To produce it we import a lot of our barley from south of the border. There are many other examples of cross border trade and many billions of pounds worth so yes the Scottish pound will be as important to England as the English one will be to the Scots. Bottom line is England dont want the breakaway because they know we will be very wealthy while they lose wealth. As for the banks, perhaps if you take your rose coloured specs of you'd see that many banks are having problems, including English ones. Oh and the Commonwealth games will be paid for from the Scottish government. Lottery monies. Broadcasting rights. City of Glasgow and the sell on of the many properties being built in the east end of Glasgow and they wont go vastly over budget as in the case of Londons Olympics.

How do you infer from the rules that it is a red card? If deemed to be violent conduct its a straight red.

wilderness

Yes Charles and if you went deeper into the data and download the full database you'll see that those who were part of a team have been credited with part of a medal.

If Guy lashed out at all, whether at the ball or the man, then its a straight red for violent conduct. The ref is looking directly at the goings on and Guy does not protest but walks straight off.

Very difficult to see much from that clip but look at ref. he is watching and making his way towards players when draper goes down so he does see very well whats gone on.

Final point to renegade. This is not Butcher and Malpas last season. They are contracted till summer 2014. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/15204054

atmosphere

According to SFA website he was suspended for one game. http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/resources/documents/Disciplinary/CurrentSuspensions/Season2012/13/July2012/PlayerSuspensions/LOS01%2827-JUL%29.pdf

From what I can see in the clip Draper was holding onto the ball. The St Mirren player tried to punch it out of Drapers hand. The ball goes up and catches the lad under the chin. Notice also the player doesn't protest. The ball hitting Drapers face could be construed as accidental but the other guy did throw a punch and thats what the ref saw.

Poetic licence dear boy

vortex

Charles. 10% of team GB are Scots yet over 50% of the medals won for the team have been won by Scots.

culverts

Assuming the l and u are in the wrong places. sewage

And another gold to a Scot. Well done Murray

From what I've seen so far this season those of you who've opted out because of entertainment factors are going to miss out. Get your ST's and prepare to be happy.

AWAY....OLE, OLE