Ben Fletcher
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@BenSFletcher
Producer/Actor/Writer/Publisher | Once lost an election | email: [email protected]
ICYMI: Critics have written to the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh to raise a “number of uncomfortable questions” about a decision to prevent national reviews of new musical One Day. Read more 👇 #Echobox=1774022529" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thestage.co.uk/news/national-…
Trump is demanding a supplemental budget for the Iran war that is three times larger than all US military aid to Ukraine since Russia attacked. The same isolationists who once claimed that the US couldn’t afford to help Ukraine stop Russia are now supporting it
Trump: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"
Sean Penn was presented a mock Oscar in the Ukraine after he skipped the Academy Awards, where he won best supporting actor. Dubbed the "IronOscar," Penn's trophy is made from train metal that was destroyed in a Russian missile strike. “This steel once carried millions of people away from war. Then a Russian missile came. We did not melt it into a weapon. We forged it into gratitude — for you. For your talent. For your courage to stand with Ukraine,” read the award's engraved words. Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi handed Penn the "IronOscar" and said: "You’re missing the Oscars, so we made you this one. This is from a railcar that was damaged by the Russians. The metal survived, so it’s very special to us. It’s not golden, but it’s very real and from the bottom of our hearts.” “These are all treasures,” Penn responded. “Thank you.” variety.com/2026/film/news…
NEW: Reform UK risks breaching data protection laws with its competition to win free energy bills for a year, lawyers and data experts have warned. Nigel Farage announced the lottery as a way to advertise his latest policy to cut energy bills. But entrants have to sign up via a website, disclosing not only their name, email and telephone number, but also how they voted at last election and how they intend to vote at next one. @kiranstacey reports theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
Peak EU absurdity. We are preparing to repair a pipeline Russia itself bombed - to restart the flow of Russian oil we claim to be phasing out - for Hungary, which is blocking €90bn for Ukraine that we’re funding - sans Hungary. If this is not paid from frozen Russian assets - which it should be, morally and legally -, this move is beyond delusional. We’re subsidising the aggressor instead of making them pay for their own destruction. That’s clinical-grade masochism - collaboration in our own economic suicide and Ukraine's strangulation.
🚨 BREAKING: The meningitis outbreak has been declared a "national incident" with the first case now reported in London
President Trump said Monday that he spoke to a former president about bombing Iran. • An aide for George W. Bush says that “they haven’t been in touch." • An aide to Bill Clinton says that whoever Trump was referring to was not Clinton. • An Obama aide says “no recent conversations” have taken place between Barack Obama and Trump. • A source familiar with the matter said the former president Trump was referring to was not Joe Biden. nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
4 years after the tragic Bucha massacre, the EU has sanctioned 9 more individuals who played a major role in this atrocity. The EU has also adopted new sanctions in response to Russia's foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI). More info: link.europa.eu/vFyX8F
🚨 WATCH: Kemi Badenoch launches “Kemi & Co” estate agents to promote her pledge to scrap stamp duty
got my leslie hamilton tickets yday but i went in the queue to see the numbers and omg
