The Trawl Meets: George Monbiot

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Warning - this episode was recorded remotely and there are moments when George sounds like he’s in space. We apologise for the poor sound quality in those moments but he’s so worth listening to hopefully substance makes up for style

George Monbiot is a journalist, author, and environmental and political activist. He writes a regular column for The Guardian and has written several books.

In 2023 he went viral on Question Time having finally been asked back after a long hiatus. Jemma and Marina kick the episode off with that barnstorming clip when George let us know what he really thought about the Rwanda policy. Spoiler alert - he wasn’t keen.

The Trawl ladies are fascinated to learn about his time at Oxford university and why the culture wasn’t for him. He was there at the same time as some of the most infamous members of the Bullingdon Club…. say no more.

It goes without saying there’s climate conversation, politics chat and clips with a man Marina and Jemma could listen to all day.

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0:00.0	Question, George. Do you honestly sit there and think that in number 10 every day, the prime minister and the government wake up and they think we're just going to talk to the world?
0:09.9	Yes, roughly.
0:14.6	Hello and welcome to the trawl meets. I'm Gemma Forte. And I'm Marina Perkis and on the trawl meets, Gemma and I get to chat with
0:22.4	someone we admire and or find interesting. We discuss political topics they're passionate about
0:28.1	and explore their unique experience of social media. And today, the trawl meets someone who's a
0:33.8	journalist, an author and an environmental and political activist.
0:39.3	On his website, he says,
0:42.9	I still see my life as a slightly unhinged adventure,
0:45.7	whose perpetuation is something of a mystery.
0:48.0	I have no idea where it will take me,
0:51.0	and no ambitions other than to keep doing what I do.
0:53.0	So far, it's been gripping.
0:55.9	And he is a gripping person to follow, which is why he's got half a million followers on X and a reputation for exposing uncomfortable truths.
1:02.3	And personally, I think he's got a voice that I could listen to all day. Please welcome George
1:08.5	Mombio. Thank you, Marina. Thanks, Emma. Great to talk to you.
1:13.0	It's lovely to have you here. Right, before we get to our questions, I want to share with our listener
1:18.3	an iconic clip of you in action because George got onto BBC Question Time after having not been
1:24.4	asked for, I think it was 20 years. And yet, in 2023, despite having almost lost your voice,
1:32.2	what a triumphant return it was.
1:34.6	And this particular clip went viral.
1:37.7	The whole point of the Rwanda policy is not to try to solve anything.
1:43.0	It's to performatively beat up some of the most vulnerable
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