Richard Dubourg
@richarddubourg.bsky.social
Economist. Academic, then consultant, then UK government, then EU regulator, now consultant again. Environment, health, crime. Mostly chemicals these days.
Woke. Remain. Proportional representation.
Woke. Remain. Proportional representation.
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We are expected to flatter bigots in order to prove we are non-partisan?
Great writing by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social in her book of essays, No Straight Road Takes You There.
Great writing by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social in her book of essays, No Straight Road Takes You There.
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We are expected to flatter bigots in order to prove we are non-partisan?
Great writing by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social in her book of essays, No Straight Road Takes You There.
Great writing by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social in her book of essays, No Straight Road Takes You There.
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A familiar offence: how households shape juvenile reoffending
By Tobias Auer and Tom Kirchmaier
Read at: ow.ly/Xi5I50XreE5
By Tobias Auer and Tom Kirchmaier
Read at: ow.ly/Xi5I50XreE5
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A familiar offence: how households shape juvenile reoffending
By Tobias Auer and Tom Kirchmaier
Read at: ow.ly/Xi5I50XreE5
By Tobias Auer and Tom Kirchmaier
Read at: ow.ly/Xi5I50XreE5
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
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I just googled this man like 'ew who tf is this Tom Barrack guy' and the answer is the sitting, Donald Trump-appointed U.S. Ambassador to Turkey
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I just googled this man like 'ew who tf is this Tom Barrack guy' and the answer is the sitting, Donald Trump-appointed U.S. Ambassador to Turkey
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i mean c’mon. the president’s best friend was the most notorious pedo in the country’s history who ran a massive child trafficking ring. every bit of circumstantial evidence we have says that trump was a participant. if this were a criminal trial we’d have enough evidence to compel a plea deal.
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
i mean c’mon. the president’s best friend was the most notorious pedo in the country’s history who ran a massive child trafficking ring. every bit of circumstantial evidence we have says that trump was a participant. if this were a criminal trial we’d have enough evidence to compel a plea deal.
This is just too bizarre. Surely it can't be true.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Italy probes claims that tourists paid to shoot at civilians in Bosnian war
Italians and others are alleged to have paid large sums to fire at Bosnians risking their lives in besieged Sarajevo.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This is just too bizarre. Surely it can't be true.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
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As usual, @privateeyenews.bsky.social says it all
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
As usual, @privateeyenews.bsky.social says it all
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Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
I think there is probably something of the "the BBC is left wing because it is measured and reasonable" about this, because the right never is.
I mean, the BBC is a public broadcaster, so it has to be inclusive, but what is more "woke" than inclusivity?
I mean, the BBC is a public broadcaster, so it has to be inclusive, but what is more "woke" than inclusivity?
Like the Guardian, people view the BBC as left wing and, as a result, their combined anti trans campaigning has done more damage to trans people than the entire right wing media machine, because they legitimised the right wing's lies.
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I think there is probably something of the "the BBC is left wing because it is measured and reasonable" about this, because the right never is.
I mean, the BBC is a public broadcaster, so it has to be inclusive, but what is more "woke" than inclusivity?
I mean, the BBC is a public broadcaster, so it has to be inclusive, but what is more "woke" than inclusivity?
This is actually a pretty good idea.
"We are reshowing the programme in full, but without the offending edit."
No, not that sort of apology!
"We are reshowing the programme in full, but without the offending edit."
No, not that sort of apology!
If I was the BBC I'd broadcast the hour long programme again and just take out that 20 second clip and let people decide for themselves whether Trump incited the January 6th insurrection (Spoiler he did)
They may be even able to sell it to US Networks 😀
They may be even able to sell it to US Networks 😀
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This is actually a pretty good idea.
"We are reshowing the programme in full, but without the offending edit."
No, not that sort of apology!
"We are reshowing the programme in full, but without the offending edit."
No, not that sort of apology!
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Bromley Symphony Orchestra open our 2025/2026 season with some wonderful music from Mozart, Beethoven, Weber and Strauss. Come and join us on Saturday 15th November at 7.30pm.
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Bromley Symphony Orchestra open our 2025/2026 season with some wonderful music from Mozart, Beethoven, Weber and Strauss. Come and join us on Saturday 15th November at 7.30pm.
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Michael Prescott so-called “independent” adviser to BBC was appointed by Boris johnson as “independent” adviser to Ofcom when then PM trying to get Paul Dacre job of chair. Prescott BBC report classic example in stringing together unrelated incidents into conspiracy narrative’
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Michael Prescott so-called “independent” adviser to BBC was appointed by Boris johnson as “independent” adviser to Ofcom when then PM trying to get Paul Dacre job of chair. Prescott BBC report classic example in stringing together unrelated incidents into conspiracy narrative’
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1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
Alexa, define incestuous.
6/ Michael Prescott is an old friend of Robbie Gibb & was on the panel to choose the head of Ofcom when Boris Johnson was PM.
Gibb tried to swing it for a Tory apparatchik but was overruled by (of all people) Nadine Dorries, who preferred another.
bylinetimes.com/2023/11/21/d...
Gibb tried to swing it for a Tory apparatchik but was overruled by (of all people) Nadine Dorries, who preferred another.
bylinetimes.com/2023/11/21/d...
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Alexa, define incestuous.
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Also…
A million seconds = 12 days
A billion seconds = 32 years
A million seconds = 12 days
A billion seconds = 32 years
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Also…
A million seconds = 12 days
A billion seconds = 32 years
A million seconds = 12 days
A billion seconds = 32 years
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@bjennings90.bsky.social absolutely nails it. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
@bjennings90.bsky.social absolutely nails it. (www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...)
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'A House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane, London, EC4'
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman
(Imperial War Museums)
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman
(Imperial War Museums)
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
'A House Collapsing on Two Firemen, Shoe Lane, London, EC4'
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman
(Imperial War Museums)
(1940) by Leonard Henry Rosoman
(Imperial War Museums)
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The BBC’s problem is not really impartiality, it’s understanding the relationship between impartiality and accuracy.
The two are paired in the BBC’s code. Due impartiality is paired with due accuracy. The BBC forgets this all too often, focussing only on impartiality and neglecting accuracy.
The two are paired in the BBC’s code. Due impartiality is paired with due accuracy. The BBC forgets this all too often, focussing only on impartiality and neglecting accuracy.
November 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The BBC’s problem is not really impartiality, it’s understanding the relationship between impartiality and accuracy.
The two are paired in the BBC’s code. Due impartiality is paired with due accuracy. The BBC forgets this all too often, focussing only on impartiality and neglecting accuracy.
The two are paired in the BBC’s code. Due impartiality is paired with due accuracy. The BBC forgets this all too often, focussing only on impartiality and neglecting accuracy.
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A 1 dB increase in airplane noise lowers nearby home prices by 0.6–1 percent. Noise’s costs hit communities unevenly, from Florian Allroggen, R. John Hansman, Christopher R. Knittel, Jing Li, Xibo Wan, and Juju Wang www.nber.org/papers/w34431
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A 1 dB increase in airplane noise lowers nearby home prices by 0.6–1 percent. Noise’s costs hit communities unevenly, from Florian Allroggen, R. John Hansman, Christopher R. Knittel, Jing Li, Xibo Wan, and Juju Wang www.nber.org/papers/w34431
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We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
Arrogant oversimplification and frankly irrelevant to the decision today whether to wear a white poppy.
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Arrogant oversimplification and frankly irrelevant to the decision today whether to wear a white poppy.
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Low-income households denied SNAP due to administrative barriers suffer downstream consequences. Process-related denials increase debt, delinquencies, and decrease credit scores, from Tatiana Homonoff, Min S. Lee, and Katherine Meckel www.nber.org/papers/w34434
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Low-income households denied SNAP due to administrative barriers suffer downstream consequences. Process-related denials increase debt, delinquencies, and decrease credit scores, from Tatiana Homonoff, Min S. Lee, and Katherine Meckel www.nber.org/papers/w34434
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"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.