Are Labour Now Tories? And Prince Harry Takes On Murdoch

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Jemma opens with some imaginings of a world far different from the one we inhabit now, where Trump is deposed, Putin is departed and David Attenborough leads the way, before swiftly moving on to the stark reality of our times...

And yes, the world has indeed gone mad, so the first clip of this episode is a pure dose of sense and humanity, which just so happens to come from a 14 year old named Zach.

Then into the Labour government we go, and the reviews are far from five stars. Jemma and Marina discuss the perils of maintaining the status quo, the cravenness of the non-dom U-turn and Starmer's hate for tree huggers.

There's a turn up for the books, as Marina has a momentary moment of praise for the Royal Family - specifically Prince Harry who took on Murdoch and won, followed by the petty Piers Morgan-led online spat with Hugh Grant that ensued.

There's a howler of an underrated tweet of the week and an wonderfully profound quote that reminds us why we must never give up.

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Created and Produced by Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Edited by Sophie Snelling

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0:28.7	your perfect day. I'm a labor supporter, but I should do despair of the risk-free, be all-things to
0:35.7	all-things to all men approach.
0:44.1	Hello and welcome to The Troll where we scroll through social media so you don't have to.
0:45.5	I'm Marina Perkis.
0:48.0	And I'm Gemma Forte and trawlers.
0:53.4	Do you know how much we would love to turn up one week and say,
0:55.7	do you know what, it's a funny thing, but it looks like the world may just have suddenly woken up and seen sense. Yes, in fact, ironically,
1:02.3	the whole world has literally gone woke. They've deposed Trump in the US, Putin's carked it,
1:09.1	Netanyahu, it's finished. and actually David Attenborough has become
1:12.9	president of the whole world and he's only got one agenda and you know what that is. Oh, and
1:17.8	Labour, they've decided to actually be left wing and then just for you, Marina, just for you,
1:24.7	everybody's got rid of the monarchy as well and Buckingham Palace has become
1:27.9	actually a really good nightclub. Oh, I mean, you got me on the nightclub. Buckingham Palace.
1:33.6	I'd be there for the race. But pal. You know what as well? If David Attenborough wasn't available
1:39.7	or bless him, you know, he might just not have the energy, then I nominate 14-year-old Zach to be emperor of the world.
1:47.6	Okay, this is the sort of thing that gives you hope trawlers,
1:50.2	because this young lad does not sound like he's parroting his parents.
1:54.2	He sounds like he's got plenty of critical thought and a big brain in that head.
1:57.6	He was interviewed on the hoof while out marching for Palestine.
2:02.4	And I on Palestine actually posted this and said a wise 14-year-old child speaks out for
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