‘Illegal War’ to ‘Use Our Bases’ - Starmer’s Dilemma. Iran Part 2

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

News, Politics, Government

4.7 • 867 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Marina and Jemma dive back into the escalating crisis in Iran as Trump and Netanyahu continue bombing, apparently without checking if that’s a good idea with… anyone.

As oil prices surge and the world edges closer to something that looks suspiciously like a wider war, the Trawl ladies compare the responses from the leaders of the main UK political parties. Meanwhile, Spain’s Prime Minister shows what an actual spine looks like. As one tweeter put it Spain is now Spine.

Along the way there’s Candace Owens mangling names, Jimmy Fallon doing late-night diplomacy, and political commentator Ana Kasparian dropping truth bombs.

There's some vintage Tony Benn reminding everyone how Parliament should sound, and a pudding that proves the internet is still capable of producing comedy gold.

War, hypocrisy, distractions and the odd moment of sanity — just another week on The Trawl.

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0:00.0	Right, here we go, Marina Perkis. Iran, part two. Let's hope there's not a part three, four, five, six.
0:07.1	I don't want to hear any whining about the Islamification of your country because of mass migration.
0:13.6	As you aid and abet, or the best case scenario just remains silent at what's happening in the Middle East because Israel wants to build their empire.
0:33.3	Hello and welcome to The Troll, the podcast that dives into the chaos so so you don't have to because, frankly, you've got enough going on without also personally monitoring the collapse of Western democracy.
0:45.3	Oh, the outbreak of war, and whether Darren from Dubai has or hasn't had to cancel his daybed reservation at a bottomless brunch.
0:53.1	Oh, Darren.
0:55.9	Oh, it's been a week.
0:57.6	I'm Marina Burkis.
0:58.8	And I'm Gemma Forte.
1:00.3	And this, I suppose, is part two, if you like, of trawling through what on earth is happening and why.
1:06.5	In terms of Trump and his Bezzi, Netanyahu, taking it upon themselves to bomb Iran without
1:11.4	checking whether that was a sensible thing to do or not first. Bloody hell. So Harry Shannon
1:17.3	posted, there's a picture of, you know, like a pub sign on the ground outside a pub,
1:21.5	funnily enough, and it said, World War III kind of sucks, but you know, it was either this
1:26.8	or pronouns. That corporate lawyer wrote,
1:31.3	I don't really do politics. Okay, well, you're a fully grown adult, so perhaps it's time to start.
1:37.1	Yeah. I'm sorry. I don't understand you now. I don't understand you if you're still not paying
1:42.5	attention. And some of you are my friends.
1:45.1	In fact, I did go out. I had a nice lunch with all my friends from university. Obviously not the ones listening. They won't be listening. They won't be listening because this is not their jam. And it didn't come up once, I don't think. But it was nice, actually. We went to a karaoke booth. Well, there you go. a few bottles of Prosecco.
2:00.5	And it is good for you to have an escape.
2:03.0	Yeah, I needed it.
2:04.3	I needed it. actually. We went to a karaoke booth. Well, there you go. After a few bottles of Prosecco. And it is good for you to have an escape.
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