F1: didn't offer a qualifying tip but the result does mean the pre-season bet on Norris betting Sainz (only evens, so not actually very good value) came off. (View Post)

F1: pre-qualifying: https://enormo-haddock.blogspot.com/2020/12/abu-dhabi-pre-qualifying-2020.html Was tempted by Ocon or Ricciardo at 3.2 and 3 for best of the rest but the margins are too tight. (View Post)

Mr. Battery, I'd be extremely wary of taking a mid-Parliament poll as hard evidence. For that matter, six months of polling had Cameron and Miliband neck and neck. (View Post)

The stories of Rome being sacked (was that by Halfdan) would be later, after the Empire fell. Complacency is a very serious foe. It's a big problem for us, and the EU. If there's a deal to … (View Post)

Mr. Nichomar, although the Andromeda sci-fi series was, er, not great, the idea of a Nietzschean race was pretty interesting (unified more by philosophical outlook than anything else). The problem is… (View Post)