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The Bank of England should have overall responsibilty for financial oversight.

If the banking crisis has taught us anything, it has shown that an overhall of the regulatory system which provides financial oversight of the banking system must happen so that the banking crisis cannot happen in the future. The Conservatives have called for all regulatory powers to be stripped ...more...

The number of MPs should be reduced by 10%

During this parliament many MPs have discredited themselves and the Houses of Parliament with their excessive expenses claims. While there have been reforms put in place to reduce these claims there are still a total of 646 MPs in the House of Commons. The House of Representatives in the USA has ...more...

The total hours allowed in a working week should not be decided by the EU

The French and the Europeans generally are stereotyped in Britain and the US as being much more fun loving and wishing to work shorter working weeks than ‘Anglo-Saxon economies’ such as Britain. However the European Union now has a big say over many areas of regulation that were previously the pr...more...

People earning less than £10,000 a year should not have to pay Income tax

Currently the personal tax allowance over a tax year is set at £6,475. Many feel that this doesn't go far enough for those on the lowest incomes, and that people earning less than 10,000 pounds a year should be exempt from paying Income tax. The Lib dems have advocated raising the personal tax al...more...

Resolved: In the United States, the principle of jury nullification is a just check on government.

basically is it just for a jury to override the law, considering the law is unjust or the circumstances of a case?more...

There should be a referendum on changing the electoral system for General Elections in the next P...

There should be a referendum on changing the electoral system for General Elections in the next Parliament. The current first past the post electoral system that we have in this country no longer interprets the people’s wishes very well. It is very possible that the conservatives may get a big...more...

Man made climate change is a myth.

The view that climate change was man made had been gaining ground for the last twenty years. Governments were sitting up and taking notice. Policies were being implemented to reduce CO2 emissions and there were big international conferences culminating in the conference at Copenhagen last Decembe...more...

We should build new nuclear power plants.

Labour has in several energy reviews that nuclear will have to be a significant part of our energy mix in the future. However any new nuclear power plants should be privately financed, which reduces the likelihood of their being many built as nuclear does not compete very well on price with fossi...more...

Estates less than £1million pounds should not be liable for Inheritance Tax

nheritance tax, often portrayed as the ‘death tax’ by its opponents. Everyone dislikes having to pay tax, but why should we be bothered about paying taxes on unearned wealth. An inheritance is a windfall so it makes no difference to those gaining the windfall if the taxman shares in the gain. Doe...more...

The Bank of England should have overall responsibilty for financial oversight.

If the banking crisis has taught us anything, it has shown that an overhall of the regulatory system which provides financial oversight of the banking system must happen so that the banking crisis cannot happen in the future. The Conservatives have called for all regulatory powers to be stripped ...more...

We should build new nuclear power plants.

Labour has in several energy reviews that nuclear will have to be a significant part of our energy mix in the future. However any new nuclear power plants should be privately financed, which reduces the likelihood of their being many built as nuclear does not compete very well on price with fossi...more...

The number of MPs should be reduced by 10%

During this parliament many MPs have discredited themselves and the Houses of Parliament with their excessive expenses claims. While there have been reforms put in place to reduce these claims there are still a total of 646 MPs in the House of Commons. The House of Representatives in the USA has ...more...

The total hours allowed in a working week should not be decided by the EU

The French and the Europeans generally are stereotyped in Britain and the US as being much more fun loving and wishing to work shorter working weeks than ‘Anglo-Saxon economies’ such as Britain. However the European Union now has a big say over many areas of regulation that were previously the pr...more...

People earning less than £10,000 a year should not have to pay Income tax

Currently the personal tax allowance over a tax year is set at £6,475. Many feel that this doesn't go far enough for those on the lowest incomes, and that people earning less than 10,000 pounds a year should be exempt from paying Income tax. The Lib dems have advocated raising the personal tax al...more...

Will David Cameron be a better Prime Minister for Jews than Gordon Brown?

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A Conservative government would ban extremist Islamist groups, refuse visas to hate preachers and insist that universities identify and root out radicals promoting violence, antisemitism and other racial intolerance on campus, David Cameron has told the JC. But do you believe him? And do you trus...more...

All departments should bear the brunt of spending cuts to reduce the deficit

Both the Conservatives and the Labour party are promising to ring fence some areas from any spending cuts, areas such as international development and the NHS. However such ring fencing simply means that the cuts have to be bigger elsewhere in order to make up for the inability to cut in some are...more...

Resolved: In the United States, the principle of jury nullification is a just check on government.

basically is it just for a jury to override the law, considering the law is unjust or the circumstances of a case?more...

There should be a referendum on changing the electoral system for General Elections in the next P...

There should be a referendum on changing the electoral system for General Elections in the next Parliament. The current first past the post electoral system that we have in this country no longer interprets the people’s wishes very well. It is very possible that the conservatives may get a big...more...

Dictatorship is the best path to development

Dictatorship does not necessarily result in development, defined by human well-being(which incorporates education, health, income, and safety from internal and external threats)and even by personal discipline. Furthermore, there is no conclusive evidence proving that either dictatorship nor democ...more...

All forms of gambling should be banned

We in Scotland believe that there is one nation that shines out to the world as a beacon of social justice. A nation that truly understands that the people need not just a daddy state, or a mummy state, but also a nanny state. This nation, ladies and gentlemen, is of course, Russia. On July 1...more...

Poorer countries should abandon free trade agreements

The policy of Free Trade is still in debate due to the questionable benefit for each side. This debate doesn’t try to limit the effect of free trade to developing or third world country .It will however argue that poorer countries, in comparison to their trading partners, will suffer due to the ...more...

Leaders of countries that use extra-territorial rendition should be tried for war crimes

We the proposition define the motion(LEADERS OF COUNTRIES THAT USE EXTRA-TERRITORIAL RENDITION SHOULD BE TRIED FOR WAR CRIMES) as:'Leaders are responsible for the practice,execution and admission/permission of extra-territorial detention.They are wary of the covenants that they or their predecess...more...

The 'Danish text' shows that the Danish Government is failing in their duty to be an unbiased host

The hosts of conferences are supposed to be unbiased facilitators who encourage agreement bringing the various sides together. Instead there has been a draft text of a treaty written by the quite possibly misnamed 'circle of commitment' - including Denmark, as well as the U.S. and U.K. that it is...more...

Assisted Suicide Should Be Permitted 2

A preliminary round to determine who will represent the U.S. in the World Online Debating Championship. Resolution: Assisted Suicide should be permitted.more...

Same-sex marriage should be legal

In light of the recent victories of the LGBT rights movement in the U.N. Petition supported by almost 70 countries, including the entire E.U. and the United States, and the decriminalization of homosexuality in India, it is time now to examine the next step towards granting this minority equal ri...more...

Rich countries should actively recruit medical personnel from poorer countries

Why should medical personnel be seen as any different than other professionals who are headhunted for efficiency and have the right to seek the highest wage they can?more...

The EU should impose a special Europe-wide tax on meat consumption to help save the planet

We on team proposition like the taste of meat. But we cannot deny that excessive meat consumption is a threat to the planet. In fact we are going to show that there is ample scientific evidence to support this fear. Meat production increases global warming, abuses the water supply and leads to a...more...

The developed world should stop its drive to use biofuels.

Biofuels are often seen as a possible short term miracle cure for all sorts of ills, most obvious is climate change, they are zero carbon as burning them is simply putting the CO2 that has already been taken out of the atmosphere by the plants in order to grow. But biofuels also have other uses, ...more...

Give the Falklands back to Argentina?

The Argentineans are banging the drums over the Falkland islands or Malvinas as they call them. This is both because potentially large quantities of oil have been found within the waters near the islands so providing an economic motivation and because the government in Argentina is increasingly u...more...

Is Jenson Button a worthy Formula 1 World Champion?

Jenson Button has become the second Briton in a row to become World Champion at Formula 1. However, he spent rather longer over finishing it off than he could have done, and he allowed his lead to slip after a very impressive start to the season. Does it even matter if someone is ‘worthy’ of bein...more...

Should Iceland compensate the UK and Netherlands for Icesave's collapse?

In 2008 the bank Landsbanki collapsed along with its Icesave counter part, the bank was then nationalised. Many Dutch and UK customers had to be compensated by their national Government and now these Governments seek compensation from Iceland. Whilst the Icelandic Parliament voted in a bill to pa...more...

Yemen: America's next war?

Yemen is a country that Al-Queda has presence. America has already invaded Afghanistan to reduce the presence of Al-Queda, should America invade Yemen for the same reasons?more...

2.6 million minutes spent on Facebook each day - we are wasting our lives!

Facebook, we all know, is the ultimate tool for procrastination, but is it entirely pointless? Don’t we need a period of relaxation in our overly hectic scheduled lives? Or are we all going just a poke too far?more...

This house believes that co-educational schools should be supported

People believe that children who go to single sex schools have a higher pass rate. However when we look at the way they relate to society shows that they should be in a mixed school as they can not interact with other people more...

Should Britain move towards a federal model of governance?

Should the UK complete the process of devolution and finally move towards a federal system of governance, as desired by the Liberal Democrats and seen as the best way to transfer powers away from Westminster.more...

Cliodynamics - history needs to get mathematized

History needs to become an analytical predictive science. Cliodynamics (from Clio, the muse of history, and dynamics, the study of temporally varying processes) is the new transdisciplinary area of research at the intersection of historical macrosociology, economic history/cliometrics, mathema...more...

Is a windfall tax on UK energy companies a good idea?

A one off tax on energy suppliers is being proposed by some MP’s to offset the homes in Britain classified as in fuel poverty. Fuel costs have been rising steeply since 2005, but since the credit crunch, people are calling on the government to stop allowing big companies to charge ever escalating...more...
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