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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.
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A former Soviet spy says that Trump was indeed recruited to the KGB 38 years ago by his department. He was given a codename, 'Krasnov'. We checked, and the source was indeed a KBG intelligence officer at the time. Read about it in my @bylinetimes.bsky.social report: bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

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I saw a photo and thought, Nah, you can't tell, but you see the footage, and yes, it's clear. I'm waiting for the N word. It's coming.

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If you’d have told Americans be they conservatives, liberals, independents in late 1990s that.. …US would be forming an alliance with (an ex-KGB agent led) Russia to roll back democracy in Europe under the presidency of a convicted felon/rapist ex-bankrupt - they’d have thought you were on acid.

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Trump: I AM A KING! NYT: Trump displays a "fondness for regal themes"

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Same goes for the Tories. Brexit broke them.

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The latest from Just Stop Oil HQ… From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

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This really is quite insane.

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America's first gender neutral bathroom was Rush Limbaugh's gravesite.

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“If he does not accept the very clear evidence about the cause of climate change, which is harming lives and livelihoods in his constituency, then he is not fit to represent them in Parliament.” The GRI's Bob Ward has responded to the recent climate change misinformation spread by Richard Tice.

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Nursing a take that the major Silicon Valley firms can be understood as organized crime syndicates and perform some of the same functions as the old ones used to — money laundering, feeding addictions, skirting regulations, political influence.

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