Brian Leslie

Former Lecturer in Social Work @ University of Dundee. Now no longer a ‘wage slave.’ The views here are my own.

[Brian Leslie @brileslie]

@ionafyfe Try these! délicieux 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎

[Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf_uk]

Poverty is deepening.

🔎 Our #UKPoverty2026 report was launched this morning.

People in very deep poverty now make up the biggest group of people in poverty, at 6.8 million people.

This is unacceptable for the fifth richest country in the world, and it has consequences.

[Trussell @TrussellUK]

🚨 JUST IN: tens of thousands of people will need to turn to a food bank for the very first time this winter.

We expect to provide an emergency food parcel EVERY 10 SECONDS.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Of course the real threat isn't Asylum Seekers in Dinghies.

It is the people who want to leave the ECHR and take away all your Rights.

Right to trial, right to healthcare, right to sick pay, right to holiday pay, right not be discriminated against.

They can make so much profit

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

The government has published no evidence to suggest that cutting disability benefits will get people back to work.

The evidence it has published so far found that these cuts would plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.

I’m joining @TrussellUK in calling on the government to rethink. This is how you can help
https://t.co/8vBSR6pBm5

[Open University UCU @oubucu]

Unbelievable management failures

#STOPtheCUTS

[Andy in Scotland 🏴󠁧clean the air/stop the spread @AndyrewScotland]

I've worked for the University of Dundee for 45 years and have never seen anything like we are currently experiencing. If you're unhappy about some of the things that have been happening recently, now is the time to send a very strong message.

[Brian Leslie @brileslie]

@MhairiBlack @Gildedballoon Great show today (Tuesday) 😎

[Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf_uk]

More people are in material deprivation compared to before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new @TheIFS analysis funded by JRF.

This means more people are struggling to heat their homes, keep up with their bills or went without a range of other items and services 🔽 (1/4)

[Brian Leslie @brileslie]

https://t.co/iK07ghNzbi

[The Poverty Alliance @PovertyAlliance]

The new stats highlight that scrapping the two-child limit is one of the most effective ways to reduce the preventable injustice of child poverty.

If the UK Government are to fulfil their ambition of reducing child poverty, this is the most urgent action they can and must take.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Lord Haw-Haw

[Brian Leslie @brileslie]

Two-child cap is ‘key driver of child poverty’ in UK, research suggests https://t.co/mMbfNoyEbY

[Brian Leslie @brileslie]

@Fitzy__07 😂😂

[Brian Leslie @brileslie]

@CelticFCTickets When do tickets for the Kilmarnock (h) game on 17/2/24 go on sale? Thanks 🍀

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Don’t look away

[Brian Leslie @brileslie]

@Joshmcc_05 @HereCelts Glad to here Abada & Maeda are nearly there. Apparently Hatate won’t be seen till next year. He’s pulled out of the Asian Cup squad. Interesting comments about the 2 CB’s

[Irish in Britain @irishinbritain]

He wrote and sang the songs that told the world who we are, our hopes, fears and dreams - he was one of our own. For Irish emigrants everywhere Shane was our poet and scribe. We will never forget him or his legacy.
Rest in peace Shane MacGowan 💚
https://t.co/ie0yy2Ry83