David Leask
@LeaskyHT
Reporter, The Times. I am not on here much any more. Try me at @Leaskyd.bsky.social or on [email protected]
I think people who use X for work do need to let people know they won’t be readily available on this platform. I’m still here if you need to DM. But *obviously* this site is rapidly losing its usefulness for reporters and, like many others, I’m no longer spending much time here.
Rumour has it you don’t have tell everyone you’re leaving twitter. Like apparently you don’t need an official statement. You can just simply not log on. Breaking news, more as we have it.
Why Scotland’s stone harbours are at risk of crumbling into the sea Violent storms and years of neglect by cash-strapped councils mean the tiny ports that dot the coastline are increasingly in peril - @LeaskyHT thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…
Why Scotland’s stone harbours are at risk of crumbling into the sea thetimes.com/article/de8fdb…
In this column I make reference to a fabulous piece in the Sunday Times by @LeaskyHT. Here's a link: thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…
NEW: Independence or more immigration? Why Scotland can’t have both. My column in @thetimes. thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…
I don't usually waste time posting on this platform but maybe it is the right place to push stories about AI-generated slop about SNP leaders? thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…
👆That’s inadvertently very funny and rather shocking. I wrote here about pidgins and creoles, fwiw thetimes.com/uk/article/oli…
Who needs Tesco? Orkney shop keeps customers satisfied after 170 years thetimes.com/article/a3de65…
I am looking for folk who have moved to Scotland from England, Wales or Northern Ireland recently. I want to know why! It's for the paper. Do get in touch!
This is intended as a conversation starter. Better-off Scots pay more tax. But do lower house prices, safe & well-rewarded public-sector jobs & olicies like free tuition make Scotland the best place in the UK to be middle class? thetimes.com/uk/scotland/ar…
Hiya! I am looking to speak to anybody who has recently taken up cycling to work. It's for a newspaper thing.
Who are Scotland’s angriest voters … and who are the most relaxed? thetimes.com/article/228e0d…