010: The Bankers' Bonus "Fiscal Event"

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

As the UK transitioned from pomp to politics, the Tories prioritised some of - you guessed it! - the richest in society. In this week’s trawl, Marina & Jemma crawl through the debris of The Queue, struggle to side-step the national debate surrounding the privilege of queue-jumping, and then focus on chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s gift to bankers during a cost of living crisis… he even reduced benefits for the poorest in society to, whattaguy!Hang on, did anyone see banker’s bonuses written on the side of the bus as a Brexit benefit? Of course not... On Twitter, there were some quite visceral reactions to the rich getting richer (and a reminder that not all of them are awful), our political pair ponder the myths of growth, and we’re reminded why the unlimited bonuses cap was introduced.Plus… this week’s pudding is from The Exploding Heads.Seen a great tweet? Twit us @TheTrawlPodcast.Sign up for updates by emal over at https://thetrawl.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thetrawl.substack.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tax Act can think of a million things more fun than filing taxes.
0:04.0	Tax Act is going to name some now.
0:07.0	Sitting in traffic.
0:08.0	Folding a fitted bed sheet.
0:11.0	Listening to your coworker talk about his fantasy team.
0:14.0	Digging a hole.
0:16.0	Digging an even larger hole next to that original hole.
0:19.0	Unfortunately, Tax Act's filing software can't make taxes fun,
0:24.3	but Tax Act can help you get them done.
0:27.4	Tax Act, let's get them over with.
0:31.5	And I think we are now getting to the pointy end, as they say, of the,
0:35.8	I'm just told that was Liz Trust, the new prime minister in the distance that we could see
0:40.0	hopping out of that car.
0:41.0	Well thank you very much.
0:46.0	Hello and welcome to the trawl, the show where we scroll through Twitter so you don't
0:51.5	have to.
0:52.2	I'm Gemma Forte.
0:53.7	And I'm Marina Perkis and on today's
0:56.0	Trawl. Gemma and I want to focus on one topic and really give it the attention it deserves
1:00.3	because last week the rest of the country were on, well, on Royal Watch or queuing. But before we
1:07.0	start, how's your week been, Gemma? Oh my it's it's been a it feels like it's been a month
1:13.8	if i'm totally honest um so even thinking back now to the funeral it just seems like ages ago
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