The Trawl

By Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

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Si
 Mar 12, 2023
Our politicians spin & bullsh*t their way through the week, this podcast dissects and unspins that crap. Great listen!

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Broadcaster, Jemma Forte, and political commentator, Marina Purkiss, scroll through Twitter so you don’t have to.

Episode Date
Ep 146: Squeaky-bum time for Sunak & 30p Lee fury
May 01, 2024
Ep 145: Sunak's Sick Note Britain & Ridiculous Honours
Apr 26, 2024
Ep 144: 3am Sleaze, Marathon Glory and Rwanda Shame
Apr 24, 2024
The Trawl Meets: Gary Stevenson
Apr 19, 2024
Ep 143: Trussterf**k & Petrified Non-Doms
Apr 18, 2024
Ep 142: Laura K BBC Bias
Apr 17, 2024
Ep 141: Rwanda revelations & career advice from Ms Money-Coutts
Apr 12, 2024
Ep 140: Forget Wragg, what about Rayner?
Apr 10, 2024
Ep 139: Merde Island - sewage spills and micro shorts
Apr 05, 2024
Ep 138: Hot Cross Tories - an Easter Basket
Apr 04, 2024
Ep 137: Gullis promoted, the £100k struggle & Owen Jones
Mar 28, 2024
Ep 136: Useless Ofcom, Holly Vallance defects & Freeports
Mar 22, 2024
Ep 135: Tories plotting & Kate-spotting...
Mar 20, 2024
The Trawl Meets: Natasha Devon
Mar 16, 2024
134: Order of the Thistle and Other Mad Plots
Mar 15, 2024
Ep 133: Racist donors, reckless ministers & an Oscars highlight
Mar 14, 2024
Ep 132: Budget, bluster and bell curves...
Mar 07, 2024
Ep 131: Right gone wrong - Suella, Lee and Liz
Mar 01, 2024
Ep 130: Dying for Russia vs shilling for Russia
Feb 23, 2024
Ep 129: Into the "mild" recession we go...
Feb 22, 2024
The Trawl Meets: Carol Vorderman.
Feb 15, 2024
Ep 128: UnPop Cons, Holly Vallance & Gregg Wallace...
Feb 13, 2024
Ep 127: Sunak's Gaffes
Feb 11, 2024
Ep 126: Brexit Anniversary: Four years on.
Feb 10, 2024
Ep 125: Lucy Frazer calls bias, we call bull...
Jan 28, 2024
Ep 124: Steel yourself - we're off to Port Talbot
Jan 26, 2024
Ep 123: Sniggling - When 30p Lee became Hurty Lee
Jan 20, 2024
Ep 122: A Very British Post Office Scandal
Jan 12, 2024
The Trawl Meets: Jen Brister
Jan 10, 2024
Ep 121: Sunak tries to be normal...
Jan 08, 2024
Ep 120: Festive Trawl - Jingle Bell Ends like Mone and Gullis
Dec 21, 2023
Ep 119: Lost WhatsApp's, memories gone & former-footballer fiascos
Dec 17, 2023
Ep 118: 5 Families, 0 Rebellions & 1 Massive Bell
Dec 15, 2023
The Trawl Meets: Dan Hodges
Dec 08, 2023
Ep 117: Starmer Drama and Tory Trauma
Dec 06, 2023
Ep 116: Tax cut lies, Susan Hall lows & Elon Musk meltdowns
Dec 03, 2023
Ep 115 Greek marbles, Rwandan sovereignty & British denial
Dec 01, 2023
Ep 114: Rwanda, Vallance's Diary & Exploding Heads
Nov 25, 2023
Ep 113: Jungle Ratings, Populism and Class War
Nov 23, 2023
Ep 112: Dodgy Dave is back...
Nov 18, 2023
Ep 111: I predict a riot...and a sacking.
Nov 16, 2023
The Trawl Meets: Jenny Jones
Nov 13, 2023
Ep 110: A storm in an M&S teacup & Sunak belly-rubs Musk
Nov 12, 2023
Ep 109: Tents: The al-fresco living lifestyle choice
Nov 10, 2023
Ep 108: Flag Waving Idiots and Plagiarism
Nov 04, 2023
Ep 107: Johnson joins GBeebies and the Covid Enquiry
Nov 02, 2023
Ep 106: One Year of Sunak
Oct 28, 2023
Ep 105: Babet and By-Election Bull
Oct 26, 2023
Ep 104: Pincher pinching, now Peter Bone...
Oct 22, 2023
Ep 103: Hard to Handle News and Tory Confrontation
Oct 20, 2023
Ep 102: Q&A
Oct 15, 2023
Ep 101: Israel & Labour Conference
Oct 13, 2023
The Trawl Meets: Gary Lineker
Oct 08, 2023
Ep 99: Tory conference goes post-truth
Oct 07, 2023
Ep 98: Stuffing the North, Levelling Down
Oct 06, 2023
Ep 97: Seven Bins Sunak and Portacabin Fever
Sep 24, 2023
Ep 96: Russell Brand : Discussed
Sep 22, 2023
EP 95: Fry Speaking Sense and GB News Meltdowns
Sep 17, 2023
Ep 94: Vorders' revenge and Proms flags outrage
Sep 14, 2023
Ep 93: Crumbling Schools and Keegan's kickbacks
Sep 10, 2023
The Trawl Meets: Dale Vince
Sep 08, 2023
Ep 92: Go Nads - Good to see she's not bitter...
Sep 03, 2023
Ep 91: Trump Lies Bigly & Braverman’s Crime Week
Sep 01, 2023
Ep 90: Stuff A-Levels, try "inadvertent" corruption instead...
Aug 27, 2023
Ep 89: The episode that "left nothing out there"
Aug 25, 2023
Ep 88: Lionesses, NHS Week and Corruption
Aug 20, 2023
Ep 87: Barge Disaster and Brexit Backlash
Aug 18, 2023
Ep 86: Jenrick evades, Anderson annoys and Edwina Currie can do one...
Aug 13, 2023
Ep 85: Sunak's house turns black, Tory ads turn green
Aug 11, 2023
Ep 84: Vitriol for Vorderman, Woke Watch & Sunak Strife
Aug 05, 2023
Ep 83: A license to drill & 30p Lee overspills...
Aug 02, 2023
Ep 82: Popcorn out for Sunak, Barbie & Wootton
Jul 29, 2023
Ep 81: Rhodes Burns and Frosty Climate Denial
Jul 27, 2023
Ep 80: Rip-off boats, rip-off degrees & stolen kidneys...
Jul 24, 2023
EP 79: Bye bye elections and Wootton earth is going on?
Jul 22, 2023
Ep 78: BBC Huw-dunnit, Osborne Confetti and Mural Immorality
Jul 13, 2023
Ep 77: Mercer madness, Tory travesty and our NHS.
Jul 09, 2023
Ep 76: Farage's Bonkers Banking and Tory Tumbleweed
Jul 07, 2023
Ep 75: Submarine Spats, Twitter Scraps and Class War
Jul 01, 2023
Ep 74: Clacton Spills, IKEA Chills and Glastonbury Tingles
Jun 29, 2023
Ep 72: Johnson’s defeat, jingles & mingles and a Dorries megamix...
Jun 22, 2023
Ep 70: Dishonourable Honours, Odious Odey and Dorries.
Jun 14, 2023
Ep 67: Eamonn Dishes and Starmer's Brexit Stance
Jun 04, 2023
Ep 66: Johnson's Whatsapp's, Dodgy Donors and...Peter Andre
Jun 02, 2023
Ep 65: Johnson procreates, Britain stagnates...
May 28, 2023
Ep 64: Schofield Leaving, Suella Speeding, Rishi Reeling
May 26, 2023
Ep 63: The Nat C's, Farage Admits and Phil and Holly.
May 21, 2023
Ep 62: Gerrymandering, PR and Topsy Turvy Views
May 19, 2023
Ep 61: Trump Gets Thumped and Punch & Judy PMQs...
May 13, 2023
Ep 60: Local election carnage and more Coronation chaos...
May 11, 2023
Ep 59: You're poor - now lump it, HIGNFY and Lordy Lords
May 06, 2023
Ep 58: Dodgy Sunak, Nurses, and Coronation Chaos
May 04, 2023
Ep 57: Blue Ticks, Diane Abbott, Govt Alert and the Brexit Inquiry
Apr 29, 2023
Ep 56: Marina meets Mogg, Raab goes, and the new Nat C's
Apr 26, 2023
Ep 55: Quiche Overload, Maths and Corruption
Apr 23, 2023
Ep 54: Government gas-lighting, the demise of Tupperware and yet more Brexit benefits
Apr 21, 2023
Ep 53: Brexit benefits, racist karaoke and barge holiday capers with 30p Lee.
Apr 15, 2023
Ep 52: Labour Attack Ads, Corruption and Woke Soup
Apr 13, 2023
Ep 51: Wake Up and Smell the Coffey - sewage, wet wipes and a Royal portrait.
Apr 09, 2023
Ep 50: Brexit benefits unleashed - Dover queues, a new trading bloc & Suella de Vil
Apr 07, 2023
Ep 49: £1k fines for the homeless, £10k fees for Tory MPs
Apr 02, 2023
EP 48: Led By Donkeys scandal and a Sunak cringefest
Mar 31, 2023
Ep 47: Did Johnson mean to lie when he lied and is Brexit done yet?
Mar 26, 2023
Ep 46: Nurses Shafted and Suella's Right Wing Jolly to Rwanda
Mar 24, 2023
Ep 45: Bin Juice Views and a Very Hunty Budget
Mar 18, 2023
Ep 44: Oscars, Gary-gate and Tories watching football
Mar 16, 2023
Ep 43: Refugees: Gary 1 - Tories 0
Mar 11, 2023
Ep 42: Lockdown Scandal, Sue Gray Beef and Coach Trips to GB News
Mar 10, 2023
Ep 41: A shot of Oakshotte and a dash of Hancock.
Mar 05, 2023
Ep 40: Turnip Dystopia and the Windsor Framework
Mar 03, 2023
Ep 39: Sensitivity warnings for tomatoes, Dahl and the Northern Ireland Protocol
Feb 26, 2023
Ep 038: Daily Mail Fails, BBC Bias & Sexists on the BBQ...
Feb 23, 2023
Ep 037: Britain’s Kicking Off, Corbyn’s out, Sturgeon’s off
Feb 18, 2023
ep 036: Three years on - A Brexit special
Feb 14, 2023
Ep 035: Dorries does Johnson, teachers and 30p Lee
Feb 11, 2023
Ep 034: You Couldn't Write It - Only they have. When Headlines take a Turn for the Strange....
Feb 05, 2023
Ep 033: Ding Dong Zahawi's gone, Sam Smith's bits and Brits and Poundshop Farage
Feb 01, 2023
Ep 032: Ding Dang the Smell of Corruption is Ripe
Jan 27, 2023
031: Drinking Hunt's Coffee Beside The Brexit Bonfire of EU Laws
Jan 22, 2023
030: MPs Behaving Badly
Jan 20, 2023
029: Unlawful Lords Laws, Pegg’s rage, and Sunak’s Private Strife
Jan 17, 2023
028: Harry's Frostbitten Sceptre, Lucrative Second Jobs, and Nadine Dorries
Jan 11, 2023
027: Harrowing - An NHS Special
Jan 06, 2023
026: Sunak, Tate and Make Twitter Greta Again
Jan 04, 2023
025: A Festive Trawl With Season's Tweetings
Dec 21, 2022
024: Treason, Bootlicking, And A New Coal Mine
Dec 14, 2022
023: Mone Money Mo' Problems
Dec 08, 2022
022 - Part 2: Starmer, Tory Inbetweeners, and Trawling Through Your Qs
Dec 01, 2022
022 - Part 1: Scottish Independence, Katherine Ryan and Manifesting Maniacs
Dec 01, 2022
021 - Part 1: Brexit betrayal, GBeebies polls and Hunty budgets
Nov 23, 2022
020: Reasons To Be Cheerful - Part 2
Nov 18, 2022
020: Reasons To Be Cheerful - Part 1
Nov 16, 2022
019: I'm A Twitterer... Get Musk Outta Here!
Nov 12, 2022
018: Braver-mon? Bra-verr-man? Fascist or Fast-whisk?!
Nov 03, 2022
017: Suella, Sunak, Schools, and The Sunburnt Bladder
Oct 27, 2022
016: Dial H for Hunt. Wot Miriam said...
Oct 17, 2022
015: Fly Cruella Airlines
Oct 05, 2022
014: Let's Be Clear, Liz Truss Woz 'Ere
Oct 02, 2022
013: Liz Truss Doesn't Accept The Premise of Your Mortgage
Sep 30, 2022
012: The Dark Arts of Thinkie Tankie Bankies
Sep 26, 2022
011: Spanking The Treasury - (Mini) Budget Special
Sep 25, 2022
010: The Bankers' Bonus "Fiscal Event"
Sep 24, 2022
009: Historical, Hysterical, Socialism, Corruption and... Top Gear
Sep 15, 2022
008: New Cabinet Carnage, Bonfire of Rights and “Specific & Limited” Tory Dystopia
Sep 07, 2022
007: Heckling Tories, Meeting Starmer, BBC Impartiality
Sep 02, 2022
006: Lord of the Lies, Honest Government, Tory Obliteration
Aug 25, 2022
005: Tories Urge Whilst Prices Surge
Aug 16, 2022
004: Tory clowns, the UK frowns, and a lorra Brown
Aug 10, 2022
003: RMT dreamboats, tits and Tories
Aug 01, 2022
002: 55% Tory Dimwittery vs 3% climate and 100% Mick Lynch
Jul 24, 2022
001: The Tombola of Tory Talent
Jul 17, 2022
The Trawl podcast: Pilot Episode
Jul 11, 2022