David Leask
@leaskyd.bsky.social
Reporter, The Times/Sunday Times, Scotland
Journalists! Trump’s attacks on the BBC remind us that our trade has adversaries who will weaponise our mistakes - and our corrections and complaints processes - while never being held accountable for their own lying.
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Journalists! Trump’s attacks on the BBC remind us that our trade has adversaries who will weaponise our mistakes - and our corrections and complaints processes - while never being held accountable for their own lying.
Reposted by David Leask
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Psst. Scotland is now facing water conflicts like those we see in drier countries. We now no longer always have enough of the wet stuff for hydro power, whisky and fishing. Something’s gotta give.
www.thetimes.com/article/9055...
www.thetimes.com/article/9055...
Why Scotland is running out of water almost every summer
As the River Spey flows lower, the country, for the first time, faces a conflict over access to water, as hydro plants squeeze out anglers and distilleries
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Psst. Scotland is now facing water conflicts like those we see in drier countries. We now no longer always have enough of the wet stuff for hydro power, whisky and fishing. Something’s gotta give.
www.thetimes.com/article/9055...
www.thetimes.com/article/9055...
Reposted by David Leask
The David Hume Institute has investigated the the legacy of the philosopher who gave it its name. The results are well worth your time.
www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...
www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...
David Hume ‘ignored evidence that countered his racist views’
The Edinburgh think tank that bears the philosopher’s name is looking anew at his legacy
www.thetimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The David Hume Institute has investigated the the legacy of the philosopher who gave it its name. The results are well worth your time.
www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...
www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...
The David Hume Institute has investigated the the legacy of the philosopher who gave it its name. The results are well worth your time.
www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...
www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...
David Hume ‘ignored evidence that countered his racist views’
The Edinburgh think tank that bears the philosopher’s name is looking anew at his legacy
www.thetimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The David Hume Institute has investigated the the legacy of the philosopher who gave it its name. The results are well worth your time.
www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...
www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...
I’m really struck that even the political foes of Donald Trump remain wedded to the idea that an American president is the more powerful person in the world.
Donald Trump is the most powerful person in the world. Only a monster would use that power to force 42 million Americans to go hungry.
Trump announces he will refuse to follow the court order to provide SNAP benefits to needy families.
November 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’m really struck that even the political foes of Donald Trump remain wedded to the idea that an American president is the more powerful person in the world.
Huntingdon train stabbing: ‘Hero’ worker protected passengers from attack
www.thetimes.com/article/37c8...
www.thetimes.com/article/37c8...
Huntingdon train stabbing: ‘Hero’ worker protected passengers from attack
LNER staff member is in a critical but stable condition as transport secretary confirms suspect, a 32-year-old black British man, was not known to security services
www.thetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Huntingdon train stabbing: ‘Hero’ worker protected passengers from attack
www.thetimes.com/article/37c8...
www.thetimes.com/article/37c8...
University hosted group that claims rape survivors are police informants
www.thetimes.com/article/8d5c...
www.thetimes.com/article/8d5c...
University hosted group that claims rape survivors are police informants
Justice for Innocent Men Scotland, which has been accused of targeting and harassing rape survivors, was invited to address students at Abertay
www.thetimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
University hosted group that claims rape survivors are police informants
www.thetimes.com/article/8d5c...
www.thetimes.com/article/8d5c...
Influencers put isolated indigenous groups at risk for YouTube views
www.thetimes.com/article/d513...
www.thetimes.com/article/d513...
Influencers put isolated indigenous groups at risk for YouTube views
A charity found that nearly half of all remaining remote tribes are under threat from outsiders trying to make unwanted contact
www.thetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Influencers put isolated indigenous groups at risk for YouTube views
www.thetimes.com/article/d513...
www.thetimes.com/article/d513...