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The Trawl

Labour's Cruel Benefit Cuts and Reform Implode

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6708 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The sun has had it's hat on, in the UK. Marina is not in the UK. She's still on holiday, where it's cloudy. What are the chances? Somehow, Jemma has managed to find a Cilla clip that draws a comparison to the situation. Marina takes it well and, Trawl trooper that she is, she's packed her mic so she and Jemma can trawl through what on earth is going on at Reform UK.

Despite being able to count the number of MP's they have on one hand, there's serious trouble at mill and a very public spat has ensued, seemingly triggered by Rupert Lowe thinking he should be leader post his endorsement from Musk. Watching them eat themselves, it occurs to the Trawl ladies, that maybe, just maybe the UK media gives them all far too much credence. 


After that Jemma and Marina discuss Labour's latest announcements concerning benefits, including disability benefits and PIP specifically. The fact they're going after the most vulnerable in society feels disgusting to them and the way they're going about it is pure Tory. Starmer promised no more austerity, there 'could' be a wealth tax, but no, it feels like the people who have the least are expected to suffer. Not good. As for the party line the MP's are spouting as they do the rounds, well, it's depressingly Tory too.


After that topic it feels only fair to finish with a farewell to Darren Grimes who has left GB News. A very emotional Darren cited not being able to say exactly what he wanted to as the reason for leaving. Jemma and Marina wonder what on earth he wants to say that you can't say at the 'home of free speech.'


It's bon voyage to him and hello to some under rated tweets and a brilliant pudding served by Stewart Lee. 


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Created and Produced by Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Edited by Max Carrey


Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:16.0

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0:22.1

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0:23.1

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0:30.0

Don't lie to the bridge people. Richard, Richard, hang on, hang on. Richard, if you keep on interrupting, I'm going to have to put a gag on you or something, something.

0:38.9

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

0:43.5

I'm Marina Perkis.

0:44.9

And I'm Gemma Forte, and once again this week, Trump is still providing enough trawl fodder for about 10 episodes.

0:51.7

But there's only so much of his mad shite we can all stomach.

0:55.7

So we are going to deal with him in the next episode. And honestly, it's an ever-moving feast.

1:00.9

It really is. In this ep, however, there are some very urgent domestic topics for us to drawl,

1:06.7

on a terribly funny note, for instance, the Reform Party, they're eating themselves, which

1:12.6

I guess it's not too bad. Gammon's delicious, right? The little bit of apple sauce,

1:17.4

if a little fatty and hard to digest. And then, I'm afraid, on a completely not funny and

1:22.8

utterly depressing note, actually, the Labour Party need money. So naturally, rather than taxing the very

1:28.4

rich, they're coming after disabled people and the sick and pit payments, benefits in general.

1:35.8

So while we spent a fair bit of time praising Stama recently for being statesman-like and

1:40.6

impressive on the world stage, I think today I want to seriously ask, what the hell

1:45.9

does he think he's doing on the home front? Yeah, indeed. And Giselle Stays 4 had a perfect

1:51.5

tweet for this. She wrote, not going to lie, when I was younger, I always thought adults were

1:56.0

being dramatic when they said, if it's not one thing, it's another. But now, as an adult,

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