The Trawl

Ep 200: Farmer Fury and Unlikely Heroes


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It's the two hundredth Trawl! Jemma and Marina can hardly believe it and both recommend a couple of vintage eps to celebrate, as does editor Max. 

Then, it's over to the States to see what health recommendations RFK Jr. is making. Hopefully they'll be less effective than the ones he made in Samoa where there was a huge outbreak of measles and subsequent deaths as a result of his vaccine scaremongering. 


Then, along with hundreds of tractors, irate farmers and a smattering of Brexity types, to Westminster we go where the farming community have descended to protest against having to pay inheritance again, at a discounted rate. There is some sympathy for some farmers but, as far as Marina and Jemma are concerned, Jeremy Clarkson, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Farage can do one. They all either own acres and acres of tax dodging or caused the farming community endless pain and hassle due to Brexit. The irony is strong. 


The Trawl ladies are very grateful to Vic Derbyshire for her incredible interview with farm poster boy, Clarkson. It really revealed so much.....none of it flattering. They're also left wondering how excited ex Tory MP, Neil Parish, must be. All those tractors! Fwarrrr. 


As ever there are under rated tweets and a pudding


Marina's vintage Ep choice:

Ep 134: Order of the Thistle and Other Mad Plots


Jemma's vintage Ep choice:

Ep 031: Drinking Hunt's Coffee Beside The Brexit Bonfire of EU Laws


Max's vintage Ep choice 

Ep 104: Pincher pinching, now Peter Bone...


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