In the 12th edition of The Trawl, Marina Purkiss & Jemma Forte take a deep dive into two articles that feel worthy of some proper scrutiny.

In short: basically we’re now being governed by extremists.

There’s a lot of Think Tank chat too… one of whom has blocked one of our hosts.

The political pair also discuss UK PM Liz Truss’ tete a tete…or tete a tit as far as Truss is concerned… with Joe Biden at the UN conference.

Plus there are some clips from LBC’s James O’Brien on trickle down economics, some reminders of lies told by “Brexiteers”, a fun description of new health secretary Therese Coffey, and a few pies of despair…

Here are the two articles discussed in the show

Liz Truss – a foot soldier for American economic and religious fundamentalists? by Ann Mood for Yorkshire Bylines

American Dark Money, the Mercers and the Conservative Party A Network of Influence by Nafeez Ahmed for Byline Times

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