Ep 124: Steel yourself - we're off to Port Talbot

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Jemma and Marina decide this episode is an 'eat your greens' type of ep because what's happened in Port Talbot certainly isn't funny. Around 3000 people are set to lose their jobs when the blast furnaces are closed so the tone is perhaps more serious than usual because the Trawl ladies really want to look at how it's got to this point. After all, Sunak gave Tata Steel £500 million to 'protect jobs', only it turns out he didn't get any assurances in return. Now, a community is decimated and we'll be the only country in the G20 not to be making steel. The majority of the media are blaming Net Zero so thank goodness for Byline TV and ex first minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones who actually utters the 'B' word and explains why Brexit has caused this. It won't come as a huge surprise to find out that the people of Port Talbot voted Leave, but then they were targeted with Facebook ads which claimed in order to protect the steel industry that was what they needed to do. It's a sorry mess. Thank goodness for the Nicola Sturgeon WhatsApp online brouhaha. There are also some excellent under rated tweets to lighten the mood and, in Jemma's case, lower the tone. Pudding is from the magnificent Munya Chawawa and is Traitors themed. Thank you for sharing and do tweet us @MarinaPurkiss @jemmaforte @TheTrawlPodcast Patreon https://patreon.com/TheTrawlPodcast Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHeJRdniLDY1H90x_MMPQ_A 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.
0:27.5	Tax Act, let's get them over with.
0:30.0	Because there are so many siren voices in the Conservative Party
0:32.9	that are looking to shape Brexit in their own particular way,
0:36.9	there's no certainty.
0:38.0	Who is going to invest in the UK if they can't have certainty?
0:43.6	Hello and welcome to The Trawl where we scroll through social media so you don't have to.
0:48.6	I'm Gemma Forte.
0:50.1	And I'm Marina Purchase and Gemma, I know you're doing dry January, or at least you're trying to, which is why.
0:57.6	I found this clip and I thought of you immediately.
1:00.9	So it's a clip that was posted on Instagram by At My COVID Journey with the caption, people doing dry January on January the 1st versus January the 15th.
1:12.8	I am a fighter and not a question.
1:16.4	I am resigning.
1:20.8	Yeah, I've probably had about as much staying power as Liz Tross to be fair.
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