Reform’s Womb Agenda: Handmaid’s Politics & Olympic Confessions
The Trawl
Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss
4.7 • 867 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
This Trawl starts with a confession that absolutely nobody asked for. A Norwegian Olympic medallist wins bronze… then goes live on TV to admit he cheated, not in sport, but on his girlfriend. Gold medal in biathlon, emotional own goal in life. Marina and Jemma unpack public guilt, performative remorse, and why the Winter Olympics still feels like a collection of sports invented during a long weekend in Oslo.
But from awkward to outright alarming…
Reform UK are floating policies that sound less like a manifesto and more like a Handmaid’s Tale mood board. Nigel Farage is hinting at fewer divorces and abortions under his leadership. Matt Goodwin thinks childfree people should be taxed more - a literal fertility surcharge - and has suggested girls should be encouraged to have babies earlier. Yes. Really.
From Natasha Devon’s brilliant LBC take, to Argentina erupting under Javier Milei’s chainsaw economics, to Nadhim Zahawi proving once again that being out of touch is a lifestyle choice.
There is rage. There is swearing. There is Catherine Tate.
And just when you think it can’t get more absurd, Rupert Lowe launches his own party.
Plus: a resurfaced Stone Roses press conference clip that is the chaotic pudding we all deserve.
Gold medals, fertility taxes, and five pence off a pint.
Completely normal country.
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| 0:00.0 | What was this interview? Did he appear to be drunk? Did he appear to be aggressive? |
| 0:04.0 | He just looked like, you know, he hadn as a result, speed up the aging process. |
| 0:27.5 | All for you. I'm Marina Perkis. And I'm Gemma Forte. |
| 0:30.8 | Look incredibly good for my age, despite all the harrowing shit in my head. How's that work? |
| 0:36.4 | I like that. Good for you. |
| 0:38.1 | You say it. |
| 0:39.0 | You say it, sister. |
| 0:52.7 | Well, I've had two things recently where guys have gone like recoiled when I said how old I was. Been really shocked. I'm like, get over it. Didn't that one guy say something when you told him your age? Yes, he might be listening. And if you are, that's absolutely fine. it was a moment. |
| 0:54.2 | I said, |
| 0:54.8 | how old are you? |
| 0:55.7 | He was quite young. |
| 0:57.2 | 37, 38, |
| 0:57.7 | something like that. |
| 0:58.1 | He said, |
| 0:54.8 | how old are you? |
| 0:59.4 | He was quite young. He said, 37, 38, something like that. He said, how old are you? I said 52. |
| 1:06.6 | And he went, oh, and then he said, do you feel all right? Do you feel all right? And I went, yeah. You want to check your pulse? I know. |
| 1:10.9 | Check your joints. |
| 1:12.3 | Why? |
| 1:12.8 | We're going to go and get me some kind of emergency blanket? |
| 1:15.1 | Some kind of stretcher situation? |
| 1:18.3 | Zimmer frame. |
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