Ep 135: Tories plotting & Kate-spotting...

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Does anyone else have a strong sense of déjà vu? Because it appears it's that time of year again: When the Tories decide to ditch their useless leader. Yep, because as Sunak continues to take his taxpayer-funded chopper on tour to tell us all that his plan that clearly isn't working is working, in other corners of the Tory party, the penny is dropping... Penny Mordaunt to be precise.

The ladies discuss the rumour mill of letters of no confidence going in, election dates, and revisit Penny Mordaunt's brief time as Liz Truss cheerleader and defender - "I think the Right Honourable Gentleman will find, she is absolutely not hiding under a desk".

Then it's onto extremism, as Michael Gove announces Govt's new definition of this, but fails to mention that if you donate £10million to The Tory party, or indeed £15million then you can indulge in all the extremism you like and still have a massive hold on the party of Government. Christian forgiveness and all that... And Speaker of the House, Sir Lindsay Hoyle also gets a little mention for failing to see Diane Abott bobbing up and down at PMQs like a busted Jack in the Box.

The Kate-Gate saga shows no signs of stopping, so Marina and Jemma dive straight in and touch upon some rather intriguing reporting from The Independent on a certain Marchioness of Cholmondley, plus the latest sighting of Kate (?) at her local garden centre.

Then it's a Kate-inspired pudding to finish, from the genius Munya Chawawa.

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0:00.0	Here comes Steve, with the satisfied smile of a man who's checking out at midday after a great night's sleep and a delicious unlimited brecky.
0:10.0	See the untamable bedhead here, and if you look really close, you can see that properly well-rested glow,
0:17.0	which can only mean one thing.
0:19.0	Last night he slept at Premier Inn.
0:22.3	Get better sleep for your money.
0:24.3	Premier Inn.
0:25.3	Rest easy.
0:27.0	Breakfast subject to availability.
0:28.7	T's and Cs apply.
0:30.4	Well, ladies and gentlemen, a very warm welcome to this British airway.
0:34.0	Right, have I got everything?
0:36.3	Water bottle in seat back? Check. Headphones? Check. The book that has been to a beach and roads, a park in Copenhagen, spa in Budapest, and back to London again. Unread. Check.
0:58.6	Fly to over 100 destinations across Europe, another British Airways travel essential. But doesn't he at least have to accept the comments were racist,
1:02.9	the donor himself? I think he's, I think he's apologised for them. But we've answered these
1:08.3	questions.
1:16.5	Hello, and welcome to The Trawl, where we scroll through social media so you don't have to.
1:17.6	I'm Marina Perkis.
1:27.0	And I'm Jammaforte, and this week, and then it's less of a scroll and more of a sort of, well, it really has been a troll, a sort of dredge through the sludge.
1:28.9	There's so much going on. But let's start with something very, very important because Prince William has just put out a statement. So I think
1:34.6	we should start with that, given that everybody is on tenterhooks. Has anyone seen me bird?
1:41.6	She went out for a loaf of bread and 20 bifters and I have not seen her since.
1:46.5	Sounds legit. The plot thickens Marina. Gosh, incredible what you can do with a little bit of AI these days over on Instagram.
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