David Leask
@leaskyd.bsky.social
Reporter, The Times/Sunday Times. Get me at [email protected].
Them Stalinists are at it again.
Keep this to show to your grandchildren when they ask why the mainstream media died
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Them Stalinists are at it again.
Prince Harry in court looked like a pub prowler desperate for a fight
www.thetimes.com/article/dd24...
www.thetimes.com/article/dd24...
Prince Harry in court looked like a pub prowler desperate for a fight
With unsettling stares and an inability to give a straight answer, His Royal Prickliness took to the witness box and spoke of Meghan’s ‘misery’
www.thetimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Prince Harry in court looked like a pub prowler desperate for a fight
www.thetimes.com/article/dd24...
www.thetimes.com/article/dd24...
Four-year-olds taught to shoot at ‘illegal school’ run by conspiracists
www.thetimes.com/article/f8d8...
www.thetimes.com/article/f8d8...
Four-year-olds taught to shoot at ‘illegal school’ run by conspiracists
Hope Sussex, which Ofsted was barred from inspecting, is letting children as young as four use rifles. Its founder insists he is not seeking to build an army
www.thetimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Four-year-olds taught to shoot at ‘illegal school’ run by conspiracists
www.thetimes.com/article/f8d8...
www.thetimes.com/article/f8d8...
Reposted by David Leask
January 18, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Reposted by David Leask
My Week: Robert Jenrick* www.thetimes.com/article/40c0...
January 17, 2026 at 9:35 AM
My Week: Robert Jenrick* www.thetimes.com/article/40c0...
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 AM
France warning US that it will face a “cascade of unprecedented consequences” if Trumps tries to conquer Greenland.
www.thetimes.com/article/dbf4...
www.thetimes.com/article/dbf4...
Denmark sends troops to Greenland as talks with US stall
Soldiers, navy vessels and aircraft will be sent amid Trump’s threats of a takeover. President Macron says ‘French military elements’ are also en route
www.thetimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:08 AM
France warning US that it will face a “cascade of unprecedented consequences” if Trumps tries to conquer Greenland.
www.thetimes.com/article/dbf4...
www.thetimes.com/article/dbf4...
Clever people really can be very stupid about stupidity. Informed people can be very ignorant about ignorance. And this very old and unoriginal observation goes some way to explain why the smartypants sometimes don’t understand things that are clear to us dum-dums.
People try to ascribe motives, strategy and logic to Trump but it's not acknowledged nearly enough that he's simply a spectacularly stupid man who happens to be extremely rich and entitled with it and therefore has gained a lot of power.
He's a very clear example of the Dunning Kruger effect.
He's a very clear example of the Dunning Kruger effect.
Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
January 14, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Clever people really can be very stupid about stupidity. Informed people can be very ignorant about ignorance. And this very old and unoriginal observation goes some way to explain why the smartypants sometimes don’t understand things that are clear to us dum-dums.
‘I was a victim of prolific catfish nurse. There could be 100 others’
www.thetimes.com/article/045e...
www.thetimes.com/article/045e...
‘I was a victim of prolific catfish nurse. There could be 100 others’
Former model Abbie Draper helped jail Adele Rennie for her campaign of duping women, but says the official cases are the tip of the iceberg
www.thetimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 AM
‘I was a victim of prolific catfish nurse. There could be 100 others’
www.thetimes.com/article/045e...
www.thetimes.com/article/045e...
You’re on a jury. You’re shown the video of the ICE man shooting the woman in her car. What’s your verdict?
www.thetimes.com/article/2fb6...
www.thetimes.com/article/2fb6...
www.thetimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:43 AM
You’re on a jury. You’re shown the video of the ICE man shooting the woman in her car. What’s your verdict?
www.thetimes.com/article/2fb6...
www.thetimes.com/article/2fb6...
Apart from anything else, X is now NSFW.
Back in November I told Westminster's women and qualities that the UK government needed to get off X.
The committee's chair @sarahowen.org.uk is completely right - X is not an appropriate channel for comms. Quite the opposite
The committee's chair @sarahowen.org.uk is completely right - X is not an appropriate channel for comms. Quite the opposite
January 7, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Apart from anything else, X is now NSFW.
