Reform's Reverse Robin Hood, Labour's Vanishing Backbone and a Socialist Surprise

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Right then, strap in Trawlers and let's raise a lukewarm pint of Champagne to the anniversary of the Brexit referendum - because nothing says “taking back control” like spiralling food prices and passport queues longer than a Glastonbury toilet line. Then it’s over to Labour HQ, where the party that once marched for peace now wants to slap a terrorist label on Palestine Action. Because apparently, protesting arms deals is just not cricket.

Meanwhile, the welfare bill rebellion gave us a rare glimpse of backbench backbone - blink and you might’ve missed it. And finally, Reform UK’s Robin Hood policy has landed... promising to rob from the rich and give to, well, the rich. Expect right-wing pundits and their sheep to gobble up the policy as they read the headlines, but not much else.

Then a quick scoot over to New York where a left-wing candidate offered left-wing policies to left-wing voters…and actually won. Meanwhile, in Labour HQ, there’s probably a task force being assembled to investigate this dangerous correlation between principled politics and electoral success. Expect a report by 2031, just in time to miss the point again.

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0:00.0	Wes?
0:01.0	Sandy!
0:02.0	Oh, you're looking chirpitch.
0:03.0	Yeah, I'm off on a tour of London with my mates.
0:06.0	Got a great deal with SWR rewards.
0:08.0	A tour?
0:10.0	Beak there or beak square, I said.
0:12.0	I got a deal for a boat trip down the Thames.
0:16.0	You got a quacking day for it?
0:18.0	Oh, Wes!
0:20.0	Make every trip a treat with SWR rewards.
0:23.6	Book trains direct to claim yours.
0:25.9	Southwestern Railway, spread your wings.
0:28.7	Teas and C's apply.
0:30.4	Oh, bad traffic.
0:32.5	Great news, isn't it?
0:34.4	More time in the car.
0:36.5	Joy.
0:42.6	Maybe you don't feel it. Maybe you don't drive a Lexus NX yet. But when you do, you'll see the positive of peak hour, the delight in a detour, the love
0:49.7	of the long way. The Lexus NX plugin hybrid. Experience amazing before you arrive.
0:59.8	And ask ourselves, is this terrorism? Is the intention of this to sow terror? Absolutely not.
1:06.0	Absolutely not. Not. Hello and welcome to The Troll, the podcast where we plunge into the week's political sewer, scoop up the floaters and present them to you.
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