Dom Tristram's Soapbox

Dom Tristram's Soapbox

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Dom Tristram's Soapbox episodes

  • Dangerous Dogs

    Should we ban #bullyxl #dogs? Yes, almost certainly. But we need to go further than that. #dangerousdogs



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    3 min
  • The Tory War On Vulnerable Children

    Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has spent public money to paint over murals (designed to make the place just a bit nicer) in a detention centre for unaccompanied child asylum seekers.




    What sort of man decides to do this, and should such a man with these morals have a say in anything at all?



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    4 min
  • Record Migration Figures

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    I just wanted to say a quick thing on, the UK net migration figures, which are a record breaking high up 20%, 606,000 people, I think, are the latest figures per year. I think it's worth just dwelling on the fact that many of the people who voted for Brexit did so because they didn't like the idea of migration and how they must be feeling now because we've gone from lower numbers of people coming in and let's face it, not liking migration is often, not always, but often due to racism, you know?




    People who don't come from here coming in. And so these brexiters, now these, people who voted sometimes with a racist motive against staying in EU because they didn't like migration, now have far more immigrants. But, those immigrants are now much less likely to be other white Europeans and much more likely to be people from other countries of different races. Now, how do you think they feel about that?




    I think if there is a silver lining from Brexit, and I don't think there is particularly, but if there was one, it might be just imagining how many extremely annoyed racists there are at the moment.



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    2 min
  • Coronation Protestor Arrests

    A number of peaceful protestors were arrested at the Coronation. Why should we be concerned?



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    6 min
  • Local Elections - The Results Are In!

    On the local #election results in Bath and NE Somerset and the Tory collapse #GetGreensElected #bathneslocals23



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    3 min
  • Local Elections Today - Make Sure You Vote!

    Turnout is always low in local elections, and yet they are your best opportunity to elect people you agree with. Here's why you should always vote.



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    3 min
  • 15 Minute Cities and Conspiracy Theories

    Why have the Right suddenly started attacking plans to create cities where people live close to essential services?



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    7 min
  • Defend The Right To Strike - Reporting from the 'day of action' in Bath

    Today there are many unions taking industrial action, including teachers and train drivers. In fact, over 50,000 people are on strike. A number of unions got together in Bath to hold a 'Day of Action' to show solidarity with the strikers. I went along to talk to some of the people involved, and (it turns out!) to give a speech.



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    24 min
  • Why Aren't We Training More Doctors?

    New medical schools are being built, such as the one in Worcester (see https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jan/14/ministers-refuse-fund-medical-school-uk-doctor-shortage), but the UK government is refusing to fund more places for UK students despite the NHS being short of nearly 11,000 doctors (not including GPs). Why?



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    2 min

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