Ep 82: Popcorn out for Sunak, Barbie & Wootton

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

News, Politics, Government

4.7 • 867 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The episode opens with Marina reminding Jemma how she once hoped that Sunak taking over might have resulted in the adults being back in the room. Update: they're not.

Because this week Sunak put out a tweet that proved he's just as base as 30p Lee...just wears a more expensive suit.

Then, let the Barbie chat commence - and what a weekend it was for cinema with two huge summer releases. Joyful. Though not, it turns out, if you're in possession of a very fragile male ego. Jemma and Marina chat through some of the reactions to the movie - including a very frustrated Piers Morgan. Bless.

And, we need to talk about Dan... Dan Wootton of GB News, because let's face it - not many people are. The ladies discuss the relative media blackout compared with the scandal surrounding Philip Schofield and Huw Edwards. Plus, you'll enjoy a little mass-hypocrisy-exposing montage from GB News, before moving on to Charlotte Owen - or rather - Lady Charlotte Owen, our new Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge. Owen is the 29-year-old recipient of Johnson's peerage for services to God knows what...such is the nature of our wonderful British democracy. And it's all topped off with a Brexitey pudding from comedian Omid Djalii.

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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.
0:27.5	Tax Act, let's get them over with.
0:30.1	This is an assault on not just 10, but all made.
0:37.1	Hello and welcome to The Troll, where we scroll through social media, so you don't have to.
0:42.4	I'm Gemma Forte.
0:44.1	And I'm Marina Perkis and Gemma.
0:46.9	Do you remember when Sunak took over as PM and you had this tiny glimmer of hope that maybe the adults might be back in the room.
0:55.6	Oh, I do. I do. I remember that and I hoped and now I'm upset.
1:01.2	Yes, because you were wrong. You were wrong and the adults aren't back in the room.
1:06.0	And Sunak this week proved himself to be as base, as grim, and as low level as politicians come.
1:11.5	He's basically Lee Anderson. He's just in a more expensive suit.
1:15.6	He's definitely in a smaller suit.
1:19.2	Yes. So the Lee Anderson level behaviour that I'm referring to is this tweet from Sunak.
1:26.5	He wrote, this is what we're Sunak. He wrote,
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