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The Trawl

Ep 59: You're poor - now lump it, HIGNFY and Lordy Lords

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

News, Politics, Government

4.7867 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Turns out, those sunlit uplands are quite bleak and a bit shady. In this episode we learn that a top Bank of England official has been saying that people need to accept we're now poorer. So, all that post Brexit paradise we were promised…it's been cancelled, or at least, it's been cordoned off for the majority of us…


Marina tells us what it was like appearing on Have I Got News For You which leads nicely into the detail on how Richard Sharp has finally resigned as Chairman of the BBC. 

Then, more men in Chairs but this time it's Deputy Chairman, Lee Anderson whom Marina and Jemma are interested in. His questioning of the Met Police Commissioner, Mark Rowley, was quite something which didn't escape Twitter's attention. Laurence Fox also got a schooling or two this week and Jemma and Marina recount what happened when they were let into the House of Lords, courtesy of GOOD Lord of the week, the wonderful Jenny Jones of the Green Party. 


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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, but Tax Act can help you get

0:26.4

them done.

0:27.4

Tax Act, let's get them over with.

0:30.1

Good evening.

0:30.6

What are your thoughts on what you're hearing, Doctor?

0:32.7

I sometimes wonder why you exist, to be honest with you.

0:39.6

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

0:45.0

I'm Gemma Forte.

0:46.4

And I'm Marina Perkis.

0:47.9

And let's kick off with a quick clip from GV News, where they were discussing the fact that 60% more people are working into their

0:55.9

70s compared to in 2012. And I can't think why that is. Any ideas, Gemma?

1:02.6

Um, yeah, maybe three words. Tories hate us.

1:08.6

Yeah, I think that's about it. But don't worry, GB News are here to reassure. So if you're

1:15.8

knuckered out, but, you know, facing decades more of the daily grind or you're on the cusp of

1:20.9

retirement, but feeling the prospect of that you time slipping ever further away, it's all

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