Reform Freefall & Marmalade Madness
The Trawl
Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss
4.7 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In this Trawl, Marina and Jemma take on one of the dumbest outrage cycles in recent memory. Yes, it's the “EU marmalade scandal” (completely made up, obviously) and some politicians and papers have swallowed it whole and are extremely incensed about it all.
While the right scrambles to get furious about citrus, the pair dig into what’s actually going on: Reform wobbling in the polls, chaos behind the scenes, and Nigel Farage popping up to weaponise Easter like it’s part of a greatest hits tour.
There are dodgy claims, culture war nonsenses, and yet another reminder that the loudest voices are often shouting about the least important things.
Basically: if you’ve ever wondered what happens when the outrage machine runs out of ideas, this is it.
Sharp, sweary, and zero patience for bullshit.
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| 0:00.0 | Founding principles are reformer UK, family, community, country. |
| 0:07.0 | The two child cat is the right thing to do. Hello and welcome to The Trawl where we dive into the week's political discourse, so you don't have to. |
| 0:29.6 | I'm Gemma Forte. |
| 0:30.9 | And I'm Marina Perkis, and something is happening, trawlers. |
| 0:34.9 | Something pretty seismic. |
| 0:36.9 | Zach Pallanski, the leader of the Green Party, |
| 0:39.0 | tweeted, first time in British history that a party to the left of Labor have topped a national |
| 0:46.3 | poll. Oh, hang on. Sorry, Gemma, just wait on a second. I think I can hear Nigel Farage. |
| 0:55.8 | I feel like I want to do a quiz for the trawlers. |
| 0:57.8 | Does anyone know whose famous scream that was? |
| 1:00.0 | Yeah, it was from a film that you see a lot of Christmas time. |
| 1:04.0 | It was. |
| 1:04.5 | It was Marv, one of the burglars from Home Alone, |
| 1:08.1 | that moment when he has the tarantula put on his face. |
| 1:11.3 | And it gets worse for Nigey Poo's. It really does because it is the first time in a long |
| 1:17.3 | time that Reform have not polled first. And in fact, the Greens have overtaken, which is |
| 1:24.1 | very exciting indeed. So Left Brain UK said the Greens are top for the first time in |
| 1:30.0 | their history. They have talked to general election voting intention poll and that's the first |
| 1:35.4 | time reform haven't since April 2025. So it is clear that now the Green Party is the main force |
| 1:43.2 | on the left and the biggest threat to reforms electoral hopes. |
| 1:48.0 | Oh Gemma? |
| 1:48.7 | I think I can hear Nigel again. |
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