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Dom Tristram"s Soapbox

Dom Tristram presents his thoughts on UK news, politics and current affairs. domtristram.substack.com

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00:01:26

Kent Refugee Detention Centre Attack By The Far Right

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/10/31

The Kent refugee detention centre attack by a far-right suicide bomber on Sunday, and why nobody seems to be talking about it.

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00:02:16

Truss Resigns

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/10/20

Truss has gone, as was pretty much inevitable. What's next?

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00:02:47

Detesting What Tories Stand For Is OK - In Fact It's...

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/10/11

Nicola Sturgeon is right to say that people who do despicable things should be called out on it.

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00:04:41

Government Solar Ban On Agricultural Land

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/10/10

The government has announced a ban on future solar farms built on agricultural land, but this is ideological, not logical. Here's why.

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00:04:11

Another £18bn of cuts announced today - this is a war...

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/10/03

The government is going to cut public services by another £18bn just days after we, the public, had to bail-out government bonds by £65bn down to the crash caused by the 'mini budget'.

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00:09:11

Budget of the Rich

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/09/23

The Tories have released a 'mini budget' which has been designed to transfer yet more wealth to the rich. So why do they hate the poor? I don't think they actually do - they simply don't think about that at all.

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00:03:26

It's Not Labour's Job To Be Radical

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/07/28

Under 'first past the post', which they insist on supporting, it's not Labour's job to be 'radical'.

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00:05:52

Heatwave

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/07/20

As I recorded this it had just been confirmed that the maximum temperature ever recorded in the UK had been broken as a temperature of over 40 degrees was measured at Heathrow. But this was avoidable. Why aren't we acting?

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00:07:52

Starmer and Labour: Brexit and working with others

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/07/04

Kier Starmer has just ruled out the UK joining the single market or customs union under a Labour government. This is wrong.

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00:05:10

Boris Johnson and 'compromising situations'

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/06/30

Should government ministers be using the time and offices we pay for to do work, or to partake in the sort of activities that would get pretty much anyone else sacked? Is it right that triggering the only mechanism for holding them to account for doing so is, in this case, the decision of the person who would be under investigation?

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00:05:37

Roe vs Wade, and how the UK isn't immune

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/06/29

The right to abortion is under attack in the US and this has been widely reported. But such rights are safe in the UK... or are they? Did you know 100 UK MPs recently voted to ban abortion here?

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00:05:00

Carrie Johnson, jobs, and controlling what is reported

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/06/22

Number 10 pulled a story which is almost certainly true out of The Times, and other news sources. How is it acceptable for a government to have the power to spike news stories which are true but inconvenient for them?

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00:06:41

Rwanda Flights and Asylum

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/06/14

With the legal challenges to government plans to force asylum seekers on flights to Rwanda, what does this say about the UK? What can we do?

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00:06:12

Extending the 'Right To Buy'

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/06/09

The government is considering extending the 'right to buy' to Housing Association properties. Will this help anyone? If so, who? Content note: I mention a third of people used to live in Council housing. The actual figure was higher - 41% did by the end of the 1970's.

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00:07:23

No Confidence in Johnson

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/06/06

A no confidence vote has been called for Boris Johnson. What does that mean for us?

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00:08:32

Jubilee, Monarchy and Heads of State

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/06/05

It's Jubilee weekend and I hope you are enjoying some time off - something we can do whether or not we are monarchists. I have nothing against the Queen personally, but I don't believe in inherited power. So what should we change, and how?

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00:06:08

Imperial measurements, metric and EU bans

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/05/30

Yes, it's a 'dead cat on the table', but we need to talk about this, knock the lies on the head, and move on.

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00:07:44

What the Sue Gray report and 'party gate' tell us...

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/05/26

With the much delayed publication of the Sue Gray report into 'party gate', we can tell a lot about the nature of the government by how they have reacted and what they have said. Some will say that we should 'let it go' and party gate isn't important, but it is, and here's why.

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00:06:12

Equal Before The Law?

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/05/23

We are not all equal before the law - the rich get punished less for breaking it. Why? And how do we fix it?

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00:04:02

Civil service cuts and elimination of opportunity via...

Dom Tristram"s Soapbox ·

2022/05/20

The government is going to 'improve' public services by cutting 90,000 staff, and eliminate opportunities for those from poorer backgrounds by scrapping the award-winning Civil Service Fast Stream.

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