Flags, Famine & Farage - Britain’s Broken Compass

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

News, Politics, Government

4.7 • 867 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Trawl, Marina and Jemma wade through the chaos of anti-immigration protests, Reform Party deportation delusions, and the media’s moral gymnastics over Gaza. From Union Jack vandalism to Farage’s fantasy pledges, they dissect the spectacle, but it’s not all memes and madness - there’s a gut-wrenching update from Gaza, where journalists are being killed, aid-workers are being 'double-tapped' live on TV and Israel's and famine rips through the region. One glimmer of hope: how one clever interviewer might just be the key to helping Reform voters see the light. All that, and a pudding that’ll make you laugh through the tears.

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0:00.0	I want Trump's going to Trump, right?
0:02.7	So make England great again.
0:13.9	Hello and welcome to The Trawl, the podcast that dives head first into the social media swamp
0:19.2	to fish out the memes, the madness and the moral
0:21.6	panic of the week. I'm Gemmiforte and I'm Marina Perkis and let's kick off with some
0:26.9	immediate lightened shade. First the shade and it is shady. It's a video posted by Ramesses Niblick
0:33.2	3 of a vox pop of a British patriot at what appears to be a right-wing protest.
0:40.1	What would you want Trump to do?
0:41.3	Yeah, what was what he doing?
0:42.0	I want Trump Donald Trump, right, to make England great again.
0:47.2	How would he do that, then? What would you want to do that, then?
0:48.6	I want him to buy England like he wanted to buy Canada and make of the state that we're proud of.
0:56.2	You want to be part of the United States?
0:57.5	Yes, because that's the only solution.
1:01.0	He seems sensible.
1:02.2	Could anybody immediately find out his relationship status for me, please?
1:07.0	Right, in this episode, we are going to start thinking about how we can collectively try and help reform voters realize that it might not be in their best interest to vote for their faith, the old fagash fure.
1:19.2	We'll be sharing a positive example that might just work.
1:22.9	And we'll also talk about the latest, oh, the latest update from Gaza, which is, it's just dark, it's sad,
1:29.9	and it's truly shocking. But first, some light. I really like this clip from Tom Wickshead,
1:36.4	who helps put things into perspective, especially when doomscrolling utter horror or bilge,
1:42.6	like the last clip of that toothless wonder. And Tom posted it
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