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.
Oh, it's *him*
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Oh, it's *him*
There's always one.
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
There's always one.
A short but memorable Twitter career.
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A short but memorable Twitter career.
Did you hear about the ex-CEO?
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Did you hear about the ex-CEO?
Sorry, what now?
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Sorry, what now?
Awww. And he told me he'd muted me a few months ago.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Awww. And he told me he'd muted me a few months ago.
This is the man who thinks Fuentes is cool.
November 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is the man who thinks Fuentes is cool.
Is Sandhurst representative of the military as a whole?
November 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Is Sandhurst representative of the military as a whole?
It's not just flags.
This man has done prison for drug dealing. On release, he was convicted of driving without insurance.
This man has done prison for drug dealing. On release, he was convicted of driving without insurance.
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It's not just flags.
This man has done prison for drug dealing. On release, he was convicted of driving without insurance.
This man has done prison for drug dealing. On release, he was convicted of driving without insurance.
These completely unrealistic adverts for male boomer fashions make me absolutely mad.
October 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
These completely unrealistic adverts for male boomer fashions make me absolutely mad.
Who'd have thought, from such unpromising beginnings...
October 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Who'd have thought, from such unpromising beginnings...
Or 8 paragraphs in.
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Or 8 paragraphs in.
It was this.
Pass in a manual and you'll always be able to drive both. But young people don't think they can make the choice because... They can only get manual lessons... 🤷🏻
Pass in a manual and you'll always be able to drive both. But young people don't think they can make the choice because... They can only get manual lessons... 🤷🏻
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It was this.
Pass in a manual and you'll always be able to drive both. But young people don't think they can make the choice because... They can only get manual lessons... 🤷🏻
Pass in a manual and you'll always be able to drive both. But young people don't think they can make the choice because... They can only get manual lessons... 🤷🏻
One to add to the possible place to live pile, one to add to the no fucking way am I living there pile.
October 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
One to add to the possible place to live pile, one to add to the no fucking way am I living there pile.
This is a picture looking south towards the end of College Road, at the top of the hill (left side of picture). All of those villas have now been replaced by blocks of flats. The villas on the road below and to the right, Farquhar Road, have now all been demolished.
October 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This is a picture looking south towards the end of College Road, at the top of the hill (left side of picture). All of those villas have now been replaced by blocks of flats. The villas on the road below and to the right, Farquhar Road, have now all been demolished.
There aren't very many people who know more about water regulation than Dieter Helm. Here are his views on Thames. dieterhelm.co.uk/publications...
October 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
There aren't very many people who know more about water regulation than Dieter Helm. Here are his views on Thames. dieterhelm.co.uk/publications...
So when this story broke this morning, there were no before pictures, so I went on Google Maps and saw the scale of the devastation. Now it's been added to the BBC article.
This wasn't just any explosion. This was what every single employee was trained not to do, ever.
But someone did it...
This wasn't just any explosion. This was what every single employee was trained not to do, ever.
But someone did it...
October 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
So when this story broke this morning, there were no before pictures, so I went on Google Maps and saw the scale of the devastation. Now it's been added to the BBC article.
This wasn't just any explosion. This was what every single employee was trained not to do, ever.
But someone did it...
This wasn't just any explosion. This was what every single employee was trained not to do, ever.
But someone did it...
What a surprise. Care homes employing foreign workers.
October 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
What a surprise. Care homes employing foreign workers.
I hadn't spotted this before. So he fell for a conspiracy theory, and rather than questioning his own judgement, he figured everything he'd been told must be untrue.
October 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I hadn't spotted this before. So he fell for a conspiracy theory, and rather than questioning his own judgement, he figured everything he'd been told must be untrue.
