The Trawl

The National Conservatives are in town and it's a pretty sinister guest list. David Starkey has been making bizarre and worrying statements, an author downplays WW2 and a headmistress does some shouting. But the Home Secretary is there too, and Gove and Lee Anderson and Mogg..... Marina and Jemma try to make sense of it before moving on to what's been trending on twitter for days - Phil and Holly. So, not exactly from the sublime to the ridiculous.... but.....two other words.

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Warning remote workers! According to The Daily Mail, give it a few years and you'll have claws for hands, a hunchback, and be eating out of a dog bowl, because desks at home are very different to desks at work. Or, something like that.

Then, Jemma and Marina take a minute to feel not sorry at all for Liz Truss who is not amused by her premiership being compared to the life span of a lettuce. She simply doesn't think it's funny. Which is interesting, because many of us disagree, though have also had a sense of humour failure when it comes to her short yet disastrous time spent as PM. Only our sense of humour failure is directed toward her tanking of the economy and contribution to the high inflation we're all experiencing.

Which brings us to the subject of mortgages. As 100,000 people come to the end of their fixed rates every month, could this end up being the subject that defines the next election?

Lastly, Marina and Jemma wish everyone a Happy Pride Month and wonder why some people are trying to tarnish it?

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Pudding ends on a high with some lovely words from Elton John.

Enjoy!

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Jemma and Marina open with a segment on businesses being bells... First Just Eat have a moment, then a PR company gets itself in a pickle after trying to get a bakery to work for free in return for celeb exposure. Last time they checked, exposure doesn't pay the bills.

Then the ladies shine a light on radio hosts not taking any shit - and with Tory MPs doing the media rounds, there’s a lot of it to take. Starting with Justice Minister, Robert Jenrick and the case of the missing name, followed by Tory MP Tom Hunt suggesting that the BBC manipulate their callers, which begs the question: why are there so many hunts in the Tory party?

Then it's all aboard the Bibby Stockholm - a barge that the Daily Mail would have you believe may as well be. 30p Lee had a few choice words to say about the barge and the migrants who might complain about them - words, which in normal times, would have been reserved for miserable little bigots, but now get platformed by the Govt's Deputy Chairman and indeed endorsed by No10.

Then it's onto some delicious underrated tweets - including a moment of, unexpected, pure beauty from the BBC. And, as former Tory minister, Edwina Currie has come out trying to talk down Carol Vorderman, Jemma and Marina pull out a few underrated tweets that highlight why it's probably best that Currie sits this one out.

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The royals have a new fan...and it’s Marina. Well, specifically one royal: Prince Harry. After all, how could one not be after his magnificent mike drops regarding the press and Government during the ongoing Mirror Group hacking trial.

Jemma and Marina discuss the latest developments from the Covid Inquiry, digressing somewhat to shed light on Government defender and hubris-stuffed bellend, Lord Bethell – AKA The Hustler.

Then it’s onto our repeat offender Lord of the Week, before stopping in Dover (not via an RAF chopper mind – that would be ridiculous). Enter Sunak, and the ladies discuss what Sunak has really achieved while serving in cabinet – spoiler: it ain’t stopping the boats.

The episode is rounded off with some unexpected Brexit side effects and a pudding that pokes fun at the UK’s descent into further authoritarianism as the Govt tries to overturn a vote in the House of Lords – who needs the right to protest anyway?

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Sunak's flown to Dover (cos why catch a train when a chopper will do?) He's standing behind a podium again to tell us how he's going to stop the boats. Only his boots are distracting. Yes, boots. Not boats. And besides, it's a very windy day so there are fewer crossings but apparently, that's got nothing to do with the weather and everything to do with Tory policy. Sure.

Regardless, Richard Tice is still taking to the streets to be mean to refugees from Iraq. Jemma and Marina dissect his attempt to exploit a young man who is surviving on £8 a week while waiting to be processed by our broken Home Office. And then there's Jemma's Brexit debate with the very same Tice to discuss too...

Then there's 'that' statement from Holly Willoughby too and your tweets are wonderful as is the superb pudding which will hopefully leave you happily sated.

Enjoy!

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