Starmer Drama & A Website From Hell
4/22/202644 min
Marina Purkiss and Jemma Forte wade through the latest Westminster psychodrama involving Keir Starmer, Peter Mandelson, and a row that refuses to die. Is it a genuine scandal or just political noise drowning out far more urgent stories?
Because while the media obsesses over Whitehall intrigue, and there is TRIGGER WARNING for this part of the episode, something far darker is barely being covered: a disturbing online forum where men share advice and footage on drugging and assaulting their partners. Yes, really. The hosts unpack what’s been reported, why it hasn’t led the news cycle, and what it says about whose safety actually matters.
Plus: Reform chaos, Richard Tice’s tax questions, parliamentary theatrics, and the small matter of who—if anyone—is fit to run the country.
Equal parts fury and fatigue, this is the week’s chaos, carefully trawled.
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsZarah Sultana· Soundbite0:00
He is gaslighting the nation- Yeah ... so let's call this out for what it is. The prime minister is a barefaced liar.
Marina Purkiss· Host0:05
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to The Trawl, the place where the week's chaos is carefully curated into something vaguely coherent or, at the very least, put into an order that makes sense to someone. Hopefully. I'm Marina Purkiss.
Jemma Forte· Host0:31
And I'm Gemma Forte. And Trawlers, ugh, I've got a confession.
Marina Purkiss· Host0:35
Um, all right. Are you sure this is the right space for it, Gemma? Should we take this offline perhaps?
Jemma Forte· Host0:41
No, actually, weirdly, I think it's precisely the right spot for this confession, but I'll be interested to know if you feel similarly, Marina, 'cause you might feel totally differently, or what about you Trawlers? For, as we speak, an extremely serious political row is bubbling away despite the fact the latest lot of, uh, Epstein files hint at babies being eaten. I, I mean, I wish I was kidding.
Marina Purkiss· Host1:07
Mm.
Jemma Forte· Host1:07
And despite the fact it's come to light that a lot of men want to know how they can drug their wives so they can assault them in the middle of the night. We're gonna get to that, Trawlers, in this episode. And yet, no sign of any of that in the papers. Instead, they are dominated by one story only, and it's commentators commentating, it's headlines headlining, and it involves Keir Starmer