@marina-purkiss.bsky.social
I’m not always having a go at wrong’uns…sometimes I’m sleeping | Political Commentator & Co-Host of The Trawl Podcast https://linktr.ee/thetrawlpodcast | @TimesRadio | @jeremyvineon5
@marina-purkiss.bsky.social🚨 It's all gone BONKERS..
🦠 Pneumonic plague in Russia.
🪖 Hegseth's rules for the armed forces: “no fatties, no beardos, no weirdos”…
🤦 Trump’s DELULU Time interview transcript
…but hey, at least the polls look good!
🎧 NEW Trawl episode - out now 👇🏽
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialNeed reasons to be cheerful?
We’ve got them for you…
Burnham highs, Braverman lows and Reform’s luck seemingly running out
Plus a touch of class from Jűrgen Klopp
Get this brand new ep of The Trawl podcast in your ears now…
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialSo anyway… What have you got chilling for the special day? Cava? Prosecco? …or Champagne?
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialYou know the story…
A Cornell student alleges she was drugged/assaulted
We ask the difficult questions on today’s new episode of The Trawl podcast
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialStill wondering why some women choose the bear?
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialSince When Is an Essay Justice?
⚠️ CONTENT WARNING
You know the story
A Cornell student alleges she was drugged/assaulted
A group chat of 57 knew
Two men were expelled
The rest told to…write essays.
We ask the difficult questions.
🎧 Out now
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialIs this…hope?
🏠 Burnham, social care & the triple lock
🧸 Reform closes 10 nurseries "to help women and girls"
⚽ Ireland's most dramatic day in football (vs Israel)
🧡 Plus my David Dickinson tan
New Trawl podcast live - listen now 👇
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialStrange sensation in my chest… Warm Fluttery Slightly alarming Is this …hope?
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialWas always going to get a bit tasty up against Jeremy Hunt… Excuse my error of saying millions and not BILLIONS But my point stands… Tory critics on the sidelines want us to forget the wrecking ball they took to this country We won’t.
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialHere’s an idea… Why don’t we try facts first, frothing later? Let the Fairford investigation finish before anyone decides what it means …and for goodness sake, don’t believe a word from Trump and his lot. Me on @jeremyvineon5 this morning…
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialDanny Tommo has been arrested...
Happy Friday!
BUT.. while we're enjoying that very reasonable Friday treat, the AI hate machine that radicalised his base is still running.
Fully funded with nobody stopping it.
My new piece below…
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialIt's been a week…
So let's go through it in a way that no other news/politics podcast does
🕵️ Tom Watson goes from fighting phone hacking to working for Palantir
💰 People with £millions insist they're the ones being squeezed
🎤 Sheeran backlash rumbles on
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialListen to the full episode of The Trawl podcast here:
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialAm absolutely LOVING the work of @NYCMayor Zohran Mamdani’s comms team… Give them a raise!
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialWe won’t pretend the news is fine…
But we can ensure you don’t endure it alone
📰Trump tries to muzzle press, press quietly muzzles him back
🫘Europe prepares for war & starts stockpiling beans
🤣 JD Vance begs for "a little more time"
Come get your group hug
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialImagine looking at ICE… Those unruly, violent, incel thugs, and the chaos, fear and murder they’ve brought to the streets of America, and thinking...that’s what Britain needs. Well, Nigel Farage has.
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialThe issue isn’t that Ed Sheeran didn’t say anything about Palestine… It’s that he allowed the silencing of someone who did, when (let’s be honest) he’s has more than enough FU money to have taken a principled stand.
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialWhat a week for our little passion project - The Trawl An unforgettable sell-out show at the London Bloomsbury & now shortlisted for the @indpodawards 🎉 We are over the MOON! Thank you to everyone who tunes in & who came to support us, you wonderful, like-minded lovelies ❤️
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialThis book made me realise the scale of what we’re up against…
Powerful, malign forces trying to tear our communities apart
But…
It also showed me what we can do about it
Well worth a read - for the hope & inspo!
@marina-purkiss.bsky.socialJust imagine how much disinformation and micro targeting £72m gets you… Shame on the leaders who did nothing to protect democracy from the assault coming its way …as if we learnt nothing from Brexit.
