The Trawl

Ep 87: Barge Disaster and Brexit Backlash


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It's August so the news is slow and the papers and the debate shows are scraping barrels for topics. And yet, Marina and Jemma are confident they've still found enough content for two Trawls this week. This one begins with a few bad 'politician turned journo' takes, including one from Boris Johnson who insists on labelling Britain as 'Brexit Britain' which doesn't feel like a moniker to boast about frankly. Especially given that this week, even The Telegraph have reported that according to polls, a second referendum would be popular. It appears 'Bregret' is more than just a hashtag.


And then it's onto Small Boats Week which has been a disaster from beginning to end. Some migrants were moved onto the Bibby Stockholm barge, only to be moved back off again when it was reported that Legionella had been found onboard. But Sunak still has faith in Braverman.....apparently. 


It's a pretty dismal tale of utter incompetence. One conservative councillor compared the govt handling of the entire episode to Fawlty Towers. Marina and Jemma discuss, and despair.

Pudding is appropriately themed.


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