Farage Drops a Pub Challenge, Labour Drop a Policy and Trump Sulks

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This episode begins with Jemma and Marina explaining why they weren't aligned this week for pretty much the first time in Trawl history, though their disagreement was quickly put to rest once they'd consulted listeners and asked what you think.

There's a quick goodbye to the MOTD version of Gary Lineker and then, it's straight into what's happening in politics here in the UK. However, before they get round to the newly announced Reform manifesto, they feel it's only fair to check in with Tory HQ. Someone's got to after all.

There's not a huge amount to report apart from Kemi Badenoch being roasted by Trevor Phillips, Robert Jenrick turning into a London Underground vigilante with more than a dash of Alan Partridge and one very unaware tweet.

Then it's time to break down some of what Farage had to say, only you'll be pleased to note that one clip of Natasha Devon will blow your mind and give you hope. It certainly had that effect on the Trawl ladies and begs the question why getting do Reform get so much airtime? When Farage starts lecturing women on what they should and shouldn't be able to decide about their own bodies, it's time to look at the kind of people who agree with him. Some hilarious takes follow;

A bumper under rated clip and tweet section comes next and the clip of Trump being insulted and sulking like a petulant toddler is almost as funny as the one of a regretful Musk who is clearly not allowed to play with the big boys at The White House any more. Leader of the Lib Dems, Ed Davey, makes a good point about how well that's gone for him.

Pudding ends the episode where it began with one from the Broken News vaults belonging to brilliant comedians, Larry and Paul.

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0:30.1	Working at McDonald's to look after myself. Look where I am now. There are lots of people. You're going to do it in the polls. That's where you are. You are.
0:43.8	Hello, and welcome to The Trawl, where we scroll through social media so you don't have to.
0:45.0	I'm Marina Perkis.
0:46.6	And I'm Gemma Forte.
0:47.6	And what a week.
0:48.9	It's been everybody.
0:55.5	And I'm going to begin. And if you're a regular trawler, then you'll have a little insight already into the relationship that Marina and I have.
1:05.5	But if you're a brand new listener, then just bear with us for a second before we dive in to wall of the trawling that we've done for this episode because it's juicy. It's funny. There's a lot to talk about.
1:11.8	But so Marina and I are usually aligned on absolutely everything. And if we're not, it's fine.
1:13.2	It's not sort of a biggie.
1:14.0	We deal with it.
1:16.4	There's no sort of like, oh, they've had a big row, none of that.
1:20.7	But our episode that came out on Wednesday was a heavy one.
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