meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Trawl

134: Order of the Thistle and Other Mad Plots

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6708 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Jemma and Marina pay tribute to Theresa May who will be standing down at the next election. If by pay tribute you mean, remembering what she was known for re Windrush, the Hostile Environment and Brexit, amongst other 'hits.' 

And then it's back to the big political news of the week. Lee Anderson is off to Reform. Getting suspended and then being offered a lot of money had nothing to do with it. He just wants his country 'back' apparently. The ladies wonder what it is he wants it back from....

There's a lot to talk about when it comes to the press conference, plus what it means for The Tories. Nadine Dorries thinks Johnson is the answer, but then she always thinks that Marina and Jemma discuss whether or not the the chances of his return are anything more than pure fantasy. 

And then it's on to Kate Gate, that photo, and some of the tweets surrounding it. In other Royal news, Edward has been awarded the Order of The Thistle. It's safe to say Marina probably isn't going to be booked as a Royal correspondent any time soon given that she's not entirely sure which one Edward is. She also can't stop laughing at the Order Jemma has decided she should be awarded. 


Lots of incredible Under Rated Tweets finish this episode off. 


Thank you for sharing and do tweet us @MarinaPurkiss @jemmaforte @TheTrawlPodcast


Patreon

https://patreon.com/TheTrawlPodcast


Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@TheTrawl


Twitter

https://twitter.com/TheTrawlPodcast

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Reform is not the answer. It leaves the door open for Sarker to get in number 10 and undo everything.

0:06.8

All the odd work we've tried to do so far.

0:11.7

Hello and welcome to The Traw where we scroll through social media so you don't have to.

0:17.0

I'm Gemma Forte.

0:18.4

And I'm Marina Perkis.

0:20.1

And this podcast has got a very consistent theme running throughout.

0:25.0

And that's because it's full of shapeshifters.

0:28.7

And that's before we even get started on all that Kate Middleton nonsense.

0:33.5

But before we do, we have to bid farewell to someone, don't we, Gemma?

0:37.3

We do. Because M's Fields of Wheat, the naughty little scamp, Theresa May, has announced that she is going to stand down at the next election.

0:47.5

I know, how will we cope? Which resulted in some unexpected outpourings of real admiration for her. But Otto English tweeted,

0:57.8

it says an awful lot about the three absolute catastrophes that followed that Theresa Go Home

1:05.0

May is now looked back on fondly as a sort of national treasure.

1:14.3

Yeah, I'm not subscribing to that national treasure nonsense.

1:18.0

The best of a bad bunch, Gemma, does not a good banana make.

1:21.2

So I'm very much with James O'Brien on this, who wrote,

1:25.3

I might sit out today's to Rehabilitation, if that's all right with you.

1:28.8

Her home office was assessable, her red lines a generational disaster. And she thought Nick Timothy had a brain. I had to Google who he was

1:35.0

and he just worked in Downey Street. So so's about that, Nick. James Felton, the writer, wrote

1:43.2

Theresa May, it was a terrible prime minister,

1:45.6

but credit where it's due,

1:46.8

she also sucked at being Home Secretary.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.