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F1: Ladbrokes has Verstappen at 2.5, favourite for the title. Astonishing given he's 40 odd points off the lead with just five races.

Betfair has Piastri favourite at 2.7, with Norris and Verstappen essentially tied at 3.1(ish) each.

Who was that modest and self effacing chap who recently tipped Verstappen at 12s?

Ha, well, I hope it comes off. I backed Piastri each way at 14 and Verstappen just to win at 4 (admittedly with tiny stakes).

It's still odds against... but not by much.

The odds for the GP were actually astonishingly correct. Verstappen 8-15, Norris 2-1 I think. 20s/50s other manufacturers (Incl Ferrari) were correct. If Leclerc hadn't held up Norris he might have won. Piastri seems to be in a slump tbh

Just what is going on with Piastri ? He was significantly slower than Norris this weekend just gone, up to now they've been fairly level and the difference has been mistakes to seperate them. This wasn't like that, the car is clearly still better than the Ferrari yet Piastri was significantly slower than both Norris and Leclerc.

Piastri seems to be annoyed he lost a place to Norris in the last race and Norris didn’t give it back and McLaren were fine with it.

Norris has definitely upped his racecraft, adding an element of aggression which was previously absent.

Gentlemen don't become F1 champions (Jim Clark excepted).

Honourable mention to Damon Hill as well.

And his Dad and Sir Jackie. Most of the sixties and seventies F1 Champions shared the jeopardy of their chosen career with their fellow drivers.

It was during the eighties and nineties that things changed and Prost, Piquet, Senna and Schumacher would have been quite content to send a fellow competitor into the Armco. Verstappen, and his Dad before him have taken that notion up a notch or two.

Sir Jackie’s a bit of a bellend these days, he keeps on slagging off Sir Lewis Hamilton

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F1: Ladbrokes has Verstappen at 2.5, favourite for the title. Astonishing given he's 40 odd points off the lead with just five races.

Betfair has Piastri favourite at 2.7, with Norris and Verstappen essentially tied at 3.1(ish) each.

Who was that modest and self effacing chap who recently tipped Verstappen at 12s?

Ha, well, I hope it comes off. I backed Piastri each way at 14 and Verstappen just to win at 4 (admittedly with tiny stakes).

It's still odds against... but not by much.

The odds for the GP were actually astonishingly correct. Verstappen 8-15, Norris 2-1 I think. 20s/50s other manufacturers (Incl Ferrari) were correct. If Leclerc hadn't held up Norris he might have won. Piastri seems to be in a slump tbh

Just what is going on with Piastri ? He was significantly slower than Norris this weekend just gone, up to now they've been fairly level and the difference has been mistakes to seperate them. This wasn't like that, the car is clearly still better than the Ferrari yet Piastri was significantly slower than both Norris and Leclerc.

Piastri seems to be annoyed he lost a place to Norris in the last race and Norris didn’t give it back and McLaren were fine with it.

Norris has definitely upped his racecraft, adding an element of aggression which was previously absent.

Gentlemen don't become F1 champions (Jim Clark excepted).

Honourable mention to Damon Hill as well.

And his Dad and Sir Jackie. Most of the sixties and seventies F1 Champions shared the jeopardy of their chosen career with their fellow drivers.

It was during the eighties and nineties that things changed and Prost, Piquet, Senna and Schumacher would have been quite content to send a fellow competitor into the Armco. Verstappen, and his Dad before him have taken that notion up a notch or two.

@nicholascecil

Four Reform councillors suspended in Farage's flagship Kent council after online meeting bust-up with leader

https://x.com/nicholascecil/status/1980218855839727780

Normal politics. You'd probably find the same sort of thing happening in other councils and other parties over the years.

Frequently, any reader of Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs over the years will see that. however this forum is obsessed with Reform councillors for some obscure reason. Holding them to a far higher standard than others. 🤷‍♂️

To me they aren’t ’none of the above’ they’re just the same as the above.

I once suggested to OGH that about one third of local councillors were capable of purely animal functions.

He said I was being generous.

We have both been local councillors.

In my experience the worst councillors generally come from one party state councils.

@nicholascecil

Four Reform councillors suspended in Farage's flagship Kent council after online meeting bust-up with leader

https://x.com/nicholascecil/status/1980218855839727780

Normal politics. You'd probably find the same sort of thing happening in other councils and other parties over the years.

Frequently, any reader of Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs over the years will see that. however this forum is obsessed with Reform councillors for some obscure reason. Holding them to a far higher standard than others. 🤷‍♂️

To me they aren’t ’none of the above’ they’re just the same as the above.

I once suggested to OGH that about one third of local councillors were capable of purely animal functions.

He said I was being generous.

We have both been local councillors.

In my experience the worst councillors generally come from one party state councils.

We need PR for local council elections.

We need *STV* for local council elections.

It's one of the things the SNP introduced in Scotland that seems to have been unambiguously successful.

@nicholascecil

Four Reform councillors suspended in Farage's flagship Kent council after online meeting bust-up with leader

https://x.com/nicholascecil/status/1980218855839727780

Normal politics. You'd probably find the same sort of thing happening in other councils and other parties over the years.

Frequently, any reader of Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs over the years will see that. however this forum is obsessed with Reform councillors for some obscure reason. Holding them to a far higher standard than others. 🤷‍♂️

To me they aren’t ’none of the above’ they’re just the same as the above.

I once suggested to OGH that about one third of local councillors were capable of purely animal functions.

He said I was being generous.

We have both been local councillors.

In my experience the worst councillors generally come from one party state councils.

We need PR for local council elections.

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F1: Ladbrokes has Verstappen at 2.5, favourite for the title. Astonishing given he's 40 odd points off the lead with just five races.

Betfair has Piastri favourite at 2.7, with Norris and Verstappen essentially tied at 3.1(ish) each.

Who was that modest and self effacing chap who recently tipped Verstappen at 12s?

Ha, well, I hope it comes off. I backed Piastri each way at 14 and Verstappen just to win at 4 (admittedly with tiny stakes).

It's still odds against... but not by much.

The odds for the GP were actually astonishingly correct. Verstappen 8-15, Norris 2-1 I think. 20s/50s other manufacturers (Incl Ferrari) were correct. If Leclerc hadn't held up Norris he might have won. Piastri seems to be in a slump tbh

Just what is going on with Piastri ? He was significantly slower than Norris this weekend just gone, up to now they've been fairly level and the difference has been mistakes to seperate them. This wasn't like that, the car is clearly still better than the Ferrari yet Piastri was significantly slower than both Norris and Leclerc.

Piastri seems to be annoyed he lost a place to Norris in the last race and Norris didn’t give it back and McLaren were fine with it.

Norris has definitely upped his racecraft, adding an element of aggression which was previously absent.

Gentlemen don't become F1 champions (Jim Clark excepted).

Honourable mention to Damon Hill as well.