Jemma and Marina are back, sifting through another load of digital debris so you don’t have to. Luckily, the weekend is in sight… though Christmas is also looming, the cosi-livs crisis continues to chew through bank accounts, and the UK's politicians? Well, they’re arguing amongst themselves as usual.

The Trawl ladies check in on the incoming budget, beautifully skewered by Cody Dahler, before plunging into the asylum “crackdown” that many Labour backbenchers are struggling to defend. Jemma and Marina explore the prospect of refugees building 15 years of life in the UK… only to be told “tara mate, off you pop” when their home country is reclassified as “safe”.

LBC's Tom Swarbrick is quite happy with what's being mooted, but the Greens are not having it. Zack Polanski blows a gasket, at Labour’s “give us your jewellery” approach.

Marina and Jemma talk polling, panic, the pointless race to the bottom and why none of this actually solves the inequality at the heart of the problem.

Then, in true Trawl fashion, they veer sideways to a DOGE update, and a chef’s-kiss Pudding from Munya Chawawa.

Another week. Another avalanche of nonsense. Another Trawl.

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