Boxing Day, Bad Political Actors & the Great British Dumb‑Down
The Trawl
Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss
4.7 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
It’s Boxing Day on The Trawl, which means Marina and Jemma are fuelled by cheese, chaos and the most baffling headlines Britain has to offer. Join them as they sift through the festive madness: reality‑TV absurdity, BBC lawsuits, and the government’s latest attempt to turn violence against women into a culture‑war chew toy. They dig into Jess Phillips’ new proposals, the backlash from the usual suspects, and the data that certain politicians would rather ignore. Also featuring: Cilla Black fever dreams, Tom Skinner’s Strictly meltdown, and a surprising amount of cheese.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, in your own time, Gemma, in your own time. Here we go. Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom? Is it still Boris Johnson? No, he was being in gone. He's still Boris Johnson. He's America? Who's Keith's Mar? The family star. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello and welcome to a boxing day troll, where we're going to unwrap the headlines together. |
| 0:46.1 | We've kept the receipts so we can work out what actually matters, what's worth keeping, what needs to be put in the bin, and what has been gift wrapped for clicks. |
| 0:47.6 | I'm Marina Perkis. |
| 0:51.6 | And I'm Gemma Forte, and at this stage, I am half woman, half cheese. |
| 0:55.0 | There's cheese in my veins. |
| 0:58.9 | Oh, God, this spoke to me, Victoria Eames. |
| 1:01.3 | She said, let's face facts here, right? |
| 1:07.2 | While nailing our perimenopausal slag protein macros every damn day has become second nature now, |
| 1:11.0 | it's all going to go slightly to shit as we become at one with the cheeseboard. |
| 1:15.2 | You better believe there's a January fitness and nutrition kickstart challenge coming. |
| 1:17.6 | But until then, it's bloody Christmas. So please do become a human dustbin of mince pies and stiltern with our blessing. |
| 1:23.6 | Your best best message for all you creams cream Stress about eating and fitting in your jeans |
| 1:27.5 | Eat the cheese |
| 1:28.5 | lick your thing |
| 1:29.4 | Eat the cheese |
| 1:30.3 | Get your bean |
| 1:31.3 | Silt and cheddar |
| 1:32.3 | Camar Bear |
| 1:33.3 | Let's your fish give you gurry air |
| 1:35.2 | Moxerella |
| 1:36.1 | Derely |
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