020: Reasons To Be Cheerful - Part 2

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

We’re not going to put a “positive gloss” on things, Brexit isn’t going well. In the second part of this week’s episode, political commentator’s Jemma Forte and Marina Purkiss continue their trawl through Twitter, wading through Brexit BS and pondering what Matt Hancock really meant when he was wanging on about “pivoting” his answers to questions from journalists. There’s also fact checks from Femi and Peter Stefanovic plus a powerful slice of pudding from Joe Lycett. Leaving Twitter? We'll become ungovernable before we leave Twitter but you can also find our pod on Facebook, Instagram or get our emails on Substack. Not leaving? Seen a great tweet? Twit us @TheTrawlPodcast. 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
0:22.9	taxes fun, but Tax Act can help you get them done. Tax Act, let's get them over with.
0:35.9	Welcome back to part two of this trawl.
0:39.1	So when we left off, we had just mentioned the Australian trade deal that Liz Truss
0:44.1	proudly signed and celebrated as a huge Brexit win.
0:49.0	So basically, Truss signed this deal that we actually, anyone in the know, knew it was shit
0:53.8	because it sold out UK farming. But the government in the know, knew it was shit because it sold out
0:54.9	UK farming. But the government, you know, all doubled down, they did the media rounds and they
0:59.7	told us it was amazing. So imagine our astonishment when this week, former environment
1:06.0	minister, George Eustace, took to the stand in the House of Commons to tell us, quite happily, it wasn't such a great deal after all.
1:14.8	Here he is in a clip posted by Atjibab.
1:18.1	But since I now enjoy the freedom of the backbenches,
1:21.4	I no longer have to put such a positive gloss on what was agreed.
1:25.3	And I hope that my honourable friend will understand my reason for doing this.
1:29.9	And that is that unless we recognise the failures that the Department for International Trade made
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