1. The Slog just passed 7 million hits and 100,000 comments.

2. Stephen Hester has been ousted by RBS

3. Ahmadinnejhad is stepping down. (But let’s wait and see who we get next)

4. Dan Hannan has finally gone over the top on Twitter: ‘This thing of shutting down your state broadcaster as an austerity measure: well, @David_Cameron, how about it?’ Unbelievable.

5. It looks like Argentina is about to go bust….again.