The US Should Double Military Aid To Israel

Oil Companies Should Not Be Allowed To Drill Offshore

With the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, there has been outrage at BP's lack of planning which led to this environmental disaster. However, only some of the blame can lie with BP - similar disasters litter the history of offshore drilling (such as the Ixtoc 1 spill in the Gulf of Mexico 3...

Why aren’t we talking about Europe’s Roma shame?

Across Europe, eight million Romani citizens of the EU are subject to systematic segregation and persecution that is similar to the treatment of Jews in the first months of Nazi rule. The Roma people are recognised by international governmental organisations such as the World Bank as “Europe’s la...

All Political Parties Based On Membership Of A Religion Or Ethnicity Should Be Banned

A democracy is inclusive of people of every ilk; in which case parties having a religious and ethnic colour are the primary instruments that bind people of the same faith together. If one looks for establishing a state setup which is successful in representing the needs and aspirations of every i...

Development in Mongolia's Bogd Khan Strictly Protected Area should be halted immediately.

The Bogd Khan Strictly Protected Area (SPA) is one of the world's oldest protected parks. It is situated south of the city of Ulaanbaatar, and encompasses the forested Bogd Khan mountain. As early as the founding of Ulaanbaatar as a permanent settlement, the Bogd Khan area was designated as sacre...

We can put a price on a persons life. 21,000GBP is too much to spend on prolonging life for only six weeks.

The NHS drugs rationing body, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has, this week, refused to offer the cancer drug Avastin to NHS paitents after it was deemed not cost-efective enough. The drug costs approximately 21,000 GBP per patient but studies have shown that it ...

The Police Should Use Racial Profiling To Tackle The Problems Of Illegal Immigration.

Illegal immigration has been a serious problem in many places of the World throughout history however even when every region of the World has the problem, it has very different causes (like push cases being very different from pull cases) and in very different amounts that require different ways ...

Remotely Controlled Weapons Systems Should Not Be Used In Combat

A remote controlled system is a remotely controlled weapon station which can be installed on any type of vehicle or other platforms (land and sea-based). Such equipment is used on modern military vehicles, as it allows a gunner to remain in the relative protection of the vehicle. But there are al...

Workers in the Transport Sectors Should Be Banned From Going On Strike

Opposition introduction: In the Status Quo, there is in most countries a balance between the rights of employers and workers. We think that the ban of any kind of strikes by the workers, which in effect would be to force them to work, would unfairly tilt the balance in favor of the employers. We ...

ASEAN Should Suspend Burma's Membership Until It Holds Free Elections

We propose this motion that ASEAN should suspend Burma's membership until it holds a free demorcratic election which can be independently reviewed and approved by the United Nations.

Western Nations Should Break the Gaza Blockade

Many people and countries are saying that the blockade of Gaza has to end and the sooner the better. Rather fewer are saying how this may actually come about and whether it can be beneficial to everyone involved. Rather than simply demanding that Israel simply decide that it no longer needs to be...

Agreeing mutually acceptable emissions targets will be more effective than tough, legally binding targets.

Countries like to talk about being green and trumpet their climate change policies to show how progressive they are. However this does not mean they actually do anything. Legally binding targets are one way to make sure that countries act on policies to prevent climate change, but are they the...

Should Israel face sanctions over the storming of a Gaza aid convoy?

At least 9 people have been killed after Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip on 31st May 2010 . Israel has been criticized in the past for placing embargoes on aid entering Palestine, as the region is governed by Hamas, which does not recognise Israel and...

All taxes on inherited wealth should be abolished

The inheritance tax is a tax that has never achieved to reach one of its main goals - reduce income inequality. Its effect nowadays on budgets of countries is negligible. Instead, the tax infringes individual rights to personal property and free will. We believe that the reasons to keep the tax p...

Blaming others does not help negotiations

There is a tendancy for everyone to blame other parties, either obliquely or directly. Proposals such as the Danish text create outrage that is often played out in the media. Blame is also pinned on those who are not meeting their Kyoto targets. China for example is blaming the US, EU and Japan f...

Corporal Punishment should be reintroduced.

Corporal Punishment as described by the Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus (in one volume - 1990) is "punishment of a physical nature such as caning". The term mainly relates to children being punished at school but can also refer to children being punished at home. As of 2008 corporal pu...

Marriage: for life or just for fun?

Convicted paedophiles should be chemically castrated

People should not be banned from entering the UK due to thier own personal opinions

The Home Office has today published a list of 'Britains least wanted' which contains the names of individuals that have been banned from entering the UK due to their 'fostering of hatred and extremism.' This is an overly totalitarian move from the British government which is tantamount to thought...

‘Cyclists should be allowed to turn left at red lights.’

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson has recently revealed his proposals to make it legal for cyclists to turn left at red lights. Will this scheme help reduce collisions on the road or could it potentially lead to more deaths?