Dan Wellman
@danwellman.bsky.social
Husband, father, and senior Front-end Developer. Screencaster, author, and trainer. Fanatical about TypeScript and all things Front-End 😀
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Imagine living in a house on fire and occasionally throwing a glass of water on the flames and claiming it's progress.
That's Labour's attitude to Brexit.
(No political party is loud enough on the issue given its immense salience. They should be screaming 24/7 about it.)
bsky.app/profile/euro...
That's Labour's attitude to Brexit.
(No political party is loud enough on the issue given its immense salience. They should be screaming 24/7 about it.)
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows. Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Imagine living in a house on fire and occasionally throwing a glass of water on the flames and claiming it's progress.
That's Labour's attitude to Brexit.
(No political party is loud enough on the issue given its immense salience. They should be screaming 24/7 about it.)
bsky.app/profile/euro...
That's Labour's attitude to Brexit.
(No political party is loud enough on the issue given its immense salience. They should be screaming 24/7 about it.)
bsky.app/profile/euro...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
What percentage of reform accounts?
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
What percentage of reform accounts?
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Of course they don’t add up. Reform Ltd only has lies.
Of course they don’t add up. Reform Ltd only has lies.
Reform UK claim to have saved £331m at English councils – but do the numbers stack up?
Experts say councils face limits on cuts as Reform’s savings on IT deals, office moves and EV projects are disputed
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Of course they don’t add up. Reform Ltd only has lies.
Of course they don’t add up. Reform Ltd only has lies.
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every social media company is bad but Meta really is uniquely evil
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that engaged in the trafficking of humans for sex.
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
“You could incur 16 violations and upon the 17th violation, your account would be suspended"
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
every social media company is bad but Meta really is uniquely evil
Of course, now that Cameron has prostate cancer he thinks the NHS should provide screening.
Maybe it could’ve provided that if he hadn’t personally imposed a decade of unnecessary austerity and then did Brexit 🤷🏻♂️
Maybe it could’ve provided that if he hadn’t personally imposed a decade of unnecessary austerity and then did Brexit 🤷🏻♂️
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Of course, now that Cameron has prostate cancer he thinks the NHS should provide screening.
Maybe it could’ve provided that if he hadn’t personally imposed a decade of unnecessary austerity and then did Brexit 🤷🏻♂️
Maybe it could’ve provided that if he hadn’t personally imposed a decade of unnecessary austerity and then did Brexit 🤷🏻♂️
Is that the same Mary that loved brexit?
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Is that the same Mary that loved brexit?
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Mary from Texas loves Trump.
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Mary from Texas loves Trump.
Take the twats back into public ownership. I’m sure this wouldn’t stop entirely, but at least some dickhead wouldn’t be getting rich while doing this shit and laughing in our faces while they put bills up again
"Instead of unbroken golden sand, the shoreline is littered with millions of tiny plastic pellets – bio-beads – spilled into the sea by Southern Water and now washing up in waves. They are a chilling reminder of how fragile our environment is, and how carelessly some treat it." Worth a read ⤵️
A scar on a beloved place and a stark warning: if we let this pass quietly, it will happen again | Mick Channon
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Take the twats back into public ownership. I’m sure this wouldn’t stop entirely, but at least some dickhead wouldn’t be getting rich while doing this shit and laughing in our faces while they put bills up again
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Trump’s White House Intervened in a Federal Investigation of Andrew Tate
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Trump’s White House Intervened in a Federal Investigation of Andrew Tate
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You're so nearly there, Daniel. Now think about Farage. . .
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
You're so nearly there, Daniel. Now think about Farage. . .
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
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Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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OK, so what about releasing the report Johnson suppressed and then getting MI5 to carry out a wider and deeper investigation into Russian interference in the UK, including the Brexit referendum?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage’s views on Russia likely to be further tested after jailing of Nathan Gill
It would be expedient for Reform to take Labour’s advice and disavow ‘Putin talking points’
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
OK, so what about releasing the report Johnson suppressed and then getting MI5 to carry out a wider and deeper investigation into Russian interference in the UK, including the Brexit referendum?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
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Make the spongers pay for themselves or liquidate their assets.
The Windsors are the most expensive royal family in Europe, with coronations, weddings, funerals all funded by UK taxpayers. Norman Baker crunches the numbers ⬇️
How much does the royal family really cost the British public?
The Windsors are the most expensive royal family in Europe, with coronations, weddings, funerals all funded by UK taxpayers. Norman Baker crunches the numbers
www.thetimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Make the spongers pay for themselves or liquidate their assets.
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23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/strip-Bo...
Sign the petition: Strip Boris Johnson of his annual former PM allowance
23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today:
act.38degrees.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
23,000. That's how many deaths can be blamed on Boris Johnson's chaotic Covid decisions and delays. Enough is enough, he must be stripped of his annual £115,000 handout. Sign the petition today: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/strip-Bo...
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Where do Farage's loyalties really lie? We need a full investigation into Russian interference in UK politics.
Starmer demands investigation into Reform-Russia links after party's ex-Wales leader jailed
The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after being paid £40,000 to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament.
news.sky.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Where do Farage's loyalties really lie? We need a full investigation into Russian interference in UK politics.
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Even for me (who's been saying that pol editors, journalists could just as likely be corrupted by Putin)
...the TOTAL absence of Nathan Gill's Sentencing on The Sun, Mail, Express, Star, Telegraph AND Times is astonishing.
...the TOTAL absence of Nathan Gill's Sentencing on The Sun, Mail, Express, Star, Telegraph AND Times is astonishing.
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Even for me (who's been saying that pol editors, journalists could just as likely be corrupted by Putin)
...the TOTAL absence of Nathan Gill's Sentencing on The Sun, Mail, Express, Star, Telegraph AND Times is astonishing.
...the TOTAL absence of Nathan Gill's Sentencing on The Sun, Mail, Express, Star, Telegraph AND Times is astonishing.
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🔥 BREAKING: Bank of England confirms
Brexit’s economic damage is *DOUBLE* whatOBR predicted 🔥 a 6–8% GDP hit, collapsing investment, and lasting harm to services.
The biggest self-inflicted economic shock in modern 🇬🇧 history.
Labour are committed to Brexit destroying 🇬🇧
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Brexit’s economic damage is *DOUBLE* whatOBR predicted 🔥 a 6–8% GDP hit, collapsing investment, and lasting harm to services.
The biggest self-inflicted economic shock in modern 🇬🇧 history.
Labour are committed to Brexit destroying 🇬🇧
archive.ph/2025.11.20-2...
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
🔥 BREAKING: Bank of England confirms
Brexit’s economic damage is *DOUBLE* whatOBR predicted 🔥 a 6–8% GDP hit, collapsing investment, and lasting harm to services.
The biggest self-inflicted economic shock in modern 🇬🇧 history.
Labour are committed to Brexit destroying 🇬🇧
archive.ph/2025.11.20-2...
Brexit’s economic damage is *DOUBLE* whatOBR predicted 🔥 a 6–8% GDP hit, collapsing investment, and lasting harm to services.
The biggest self-inflicted economic shock in modern 🇬🇧 history.
Labour are committed to Brexit destroying 🇬🇧
archive.ph/2025.11.20-2...