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.
But not in the research itself, and not in that article. Just some of the coverage.
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
But not in the research itself, and not in that article. Just some of the coverage.
Well, yes, but he called Boris Johnson brilliant, so...
November 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Well, yes, but he called Boris Johnson brilliant, so...
Most capitalist entrepreneurs aren't, either, tbf.
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Most capitalist entrepreneurs aren't, either, tbf.
"Devils discussing heaven."
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"Devils discussing heaven."
Is there any reason people are saying this, apart from his emails were full of grammar and spelling mistakes?
November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Is there any reason people are saying this, apart from his emails were full of grammar and spelling mistakes?
The thing is, the BBC is the public broadcaster, which means it must be inclusive. That makes it left-wing almost by definition. If you couldn't accuse the BBC of some degree of left-wing bias, it wouldn't be doing its job. But it does not have a job to be right-wing.
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The thing is, the BBC is the public broadcaster, which means it must be inclusive. That makes it left-wing almost by definition. If you couldn't accuse the BBC of some degree of left-wing bias, it wouldn't be doing its job. But it does not have a job to be right-wing.
Yes, the original. Didn't really taste of anything but itself. Original now seems much more dumbed down somehow.
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Yes, the original. Didn't really taste of anything but itself. Original now seems much more dumbed down somehow.
Oh, didn't realise that's a new trumped-up version anyway... 🤮
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Oh, didn't realise that's a new trumped-up version anyway... 🤮
Doesn't taste the same anymore, I don't think.
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Doesn't taste the same anymore, I don't think.
"Just between you and Santa..."
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
"Just between you and Santa..."
He has a very interesting LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/charles-a...
www.linkedin.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
He has a very interesting LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/charles-a...
Yep. Just a weirdo, basically.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Yep. Just a weirdo, basically.
Did someone point out that 15 isn't barely legal?
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Did someone point out that 15 isn't barely legal?
Oh, it's *him*
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Oh, it's *him*
The savage voices of primordial Africa, obvs.
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The savage voices of primordial Africa, obvs.
I didn't, but I do question everything. My 11 year old son does too, and he's autistic, so I don't know whether it's an autism thing. He's pretty extreme, though - he won't be told anything.
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I didn't, but I do question everything. My 11 year old son does too, and he's autistic, so I don't know whether it's an autism thing. He's pretty extreme, though - he won't be told anything.
For some people, it is innate.
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
For some people, it is innate.
Dagenham Dan.
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Dagenham Dan.
Nah, he's a bit young for all that. More Morrissey...
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Nah, he's a bit young for all that. More Morrissey...
I don't think there's any problem in principle with having someone locally setting local priorities for policing, who isn't the police. But for sure the PCC doesn't appear anywhere to have fulfilled that role effectively.
November 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I don't think there's any problem in principle with having someone locally setting local priorities for policing, who isn't the police. But for sure the PCC doesn't appear anywhere to have fulfilled that role effectively.
Not that sort of freedom!
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Not that sort of freedom!