The Sainsbury’s Fleece, Reform Brain Farts & The £450k Birkin

The Sainsbury’s Fleece, Reform Brain Farts & The £450k Birkin

From The Trawl by Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

September 2, 2026 · 43 min · Episode 400

About this episode

The episode discusses recent political events and controversies while also touching on social issues and personal anecdotes.

It’s been a busy week in politics. Andy Burnham is back, delivering a barnstorming speech attacking the legacy of Thatcherism and Brexit… before promptly getting himself into a spot of bother over a Sainsbury’s work-experience scheme, political donations and a rather fetching supermarket fleece. Meanwhile, Keir Starmer quits as an MP, James Cleverly quits the Shadow Cabinet to spend TWO YEARS campaigning to become Mayor of London, and Reform continues its relentless assault on reality. Marina and Jemma ask why every Reform brain fart seems to become a BBC headline, examine Robert Jenrick’s latest immigration claims, and marvel at Peter Hitchens being forced to publicly deny that he thinks Rupert Lowe is the next Winston Churchill. And then, because this is The Trawl, the Trawl ladies move seamlessly from the state of the nation to men who deliberately don’t shower before dates, Jemma’s frustration with dating, the £450,000 Birkin bag from hell and the enduring question: how quickly can one shower before becoming a social pariah? Politics, hypocrisy, free labour, filthy rich people and filthy men. Just another day on The Trawl. Join The Trawl's Facebook BRAND NEW Facebook Group…

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Hosts: Jemma Forte, Marina Purkiss

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