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Should University Budgets be cut?

Politicians have recently said that universities need to cut their budgets but this will mean that there will be fewer places. Cuts need to be made to save money and to help this country out of debt but making these cuts in education will have a huge impact. There are other areas where cuts shoul...more...

Euthanasia tribunals; a good idea?

Terry Pratchett, author of numerous fantasy novels and himself a sufferer of Alzheimer's outlined in his Richard Dimbleby lecture that he would like to see Euthanasia tribunals for cases of 'assisted death'. This would mean that it is not solely up to the 'applicant' and immediate relatives bu...more...

Book publishers should prevent E readers from undercutting their books recommended retail price.

Macmillan has won a battle with Amazon, creator of the kindle, on the pricing of its books online. The intent is to try to prevent readers from buying their books online and instead purchase traditional style books. However the lessons of the music industry would seem to imply that in order to p...more...

The Royal Navy should be reduced to being a defence force.

The Royal Navy gets ever more tasks to perform on a steadily shrinking budged. At the moment it is a force for global projection of power, helping to fight in far flung corners of the earth, protect trade routes from pirates and bring aid in response to emergencies. However as a power that is inc...more...

The US should not cut back its space program.

In the midst of Americas ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the need to provide a large stimulus package to get the economy back into shape the US is running up a huge budget deficit. In order to shave a bit off this deficit it has been decided to drastically scale back the space program a...more...

The US is right to revert to a more hard line stance on Iran?

Diplomacy has been given its chance in Iran and has been spurned by the Iranians. So now after a year of reaching out the United States is returning to the more confrontational policy of G.W. Bush. However that policy equally did not have much success while he was in office and there is little re...more...

Do men find it harder to raise a child from their partners previous relationship than women?

Traditionally women are considered better with children. Stereotypically they will love and raise a child whether there is a biological connection or not. Men, however, are seen as a little reluctant unless the child is theirs. Yet, nowadays with divorce rates rising and teenage pregnancy still f...more...

Is it acceptable that the £1.5bn pledged to fight climate change by the UK will come mainly from ...

Governments have promised to put aside new money to fight climate change. Activists have stated that they want all money put aside for climate change to be new and not just old money that has been shifted around. But, with governments trying to save money, it is more likely that the money used to...more...

John Terry's injunction against the publishing of his affair should have been upheld

Details of John Terry's alleged affair with Vanessa Perroncel (fellow England player Wayne Bridge's former girlfriend) received a temporary injunction from a court of England only for the injunction to be withdrawn eight days later. The argument is between Article 8 the right to privacy and Artic...more...

Psychological illnesses at home are disproportionately worse than at college/school

At home even a short period of illness is exaggerated to the maximum; one is scarred for life by the constant chatter and judgement of one’s condition, there is no privacy, no confidentiality and the drama never ends. In-house shrinks at colleges and schools respect confidentiality and the studen...more...

Smacking children should not be made illegal

Was Margaret Thatcher right when she advocated a return to Victorian Family values? Whilst children definitely should be allowed their own voice, is it not possible to suggest the recent rise in anti-social behavior may be blamed on a lack of discipline at home? more...

Should smoking be made illegal?

In his column on the BBC's website Professor Terence Stephenson has called for parents to be stopped from smoking in cars. If his calls were enacted it would be the latest in a long line of restrictions passed on smokers. But is it time to do away completley with the tradition of having a "c...more...

The voting age should be lowered to 16 --- Sponsored by the Electoral Reform Society

By lowering the voting age we are more able to engage young people with politics and with the democratic process. This has major long term benefits for political engagement.more...

Euthanasia tribunals; a good idea?

Terry Pratchett, author of numerous fantasy novels and himself a sufferer of Alzheimer's outlined in his Richard Dimbleby lecture that he would like to see Euthanasia tribunals for cases of 'assisted death'. This would mean that it is not solely up to the 'applicant' and immediate relatives bu...more...

John Terry's injunction against the publishing of his affair should have been upheld

Details of John Terry's alleged affair with Vanessa Perroncel (fellow England player Wayne Bridge's former girlfriend) received a temporary injunction from a court of England only for the injunction to be withdrawn eight days later. The argument is between Article 8 the right to privacy and Artic...more...

Should University Budgets be cut?

Politicians have recently said that universities need to cut their budgets but this will mean that there will be fewer places. Cuts need to be made to save money and to help this country out of debt but making these cuts in education will have a huge impact. There are other areas where cuts shoul...more...

Are Muslims able to Integrate with British Society

Islam, 'like' many other Religions, promotes active discrimination between Believers & Non-Believers as a part of its core doctrine. Unlike the Bible it has never been Reformed. Quranic Quote Surah 3:28 States "Do not take un-believers as friends...". Such divisions in Brit...more...

Space exploration is a waste of money

Billions of dollars are spent every year by the world's space agencies, but does this money bring us any benefit, or should we pull the plug and spend it elsewhere?more...

Are women superior to men?

Women are 'solely' responsible for the propagation and existence of the human race. Now with the creation of artificial sperm, a man's role in the process is void and unnecessary. Statistically:Women live longer on average. Women deal better with stress.Women perform better in school. Women are...more...

Whether All Drugs Should be Legalised

The 'War Against Drugs' has been going on in the country for years; we have been taught from a young age that drugs are terrible, debilitating and life-destroying things, but have the government ever given serious consideration to the saying "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer&q...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...

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...

We should prize freedom over security and abolish anti-terrorism legislation

“Calling rose by another name does not change its beauty neither smell”… There are quite a few differences between the events in Germany on February 27, 1933, and in the US on September 11, 2001. Where do these fundamental differences arise from? From where else than from the importance of how we...more...

Governments should ban the media from reporting hostage-taking

Hostage taking media coverage, creates sympathy and dialogue for not only the hostages but the hostage-takers, who bring into light their political agenda and strife. They come out as victims/heroes and governments are portrayed as the bad guys who moved them to this 'desperate' criminal act. Gov...more...

Interest rates on personal lending should be capped by law at 20%

Team South Africa is over the moon to be proposing this most orgasmic of debate motions ;) The context is clear: the world is barely emerging from a banking crisis that caused near-irreparable damage in countless local economies, and the international banking system more generally. The causes,...more...

Western powers should leave Afghanistan

Western powers have been occupying Afghanistan since the invasion in 2001 and the escalating human, financial and political costs of the continued occupation far exceed any benefits, either to the West or to the Afghan people themselves. The time has come for the West to admit they cannot contin...more...

Assisted suicide should be legal

The Debbie Purdy case in the United Kingdom shows a trend where assisted suicide is a notion that is becoming more common. Moreover, as modern medical technology advances, more people are given the opportunity to live longer than they wish, which results in unnecessary pain because they have no c...more...

Public health concerns justify compulsory immunization

Immunization by vaccine saves thousands of lives. The benefits are much greater if everyone is vaccinated than if not, therefore it is essential that as many people as possible are vaccinated. There should be as few obstacles as possible to such a program in order to save as many lives as possibl...more...

There is a good case for stating that there is a God

There isn't a day that goes by where we don't hear about tragedies around the world. Does this mean that a benevolent god is out of the question? The greatest physicists in recent history do NOT reject God.Stephen Hawking and Einstein both vocally and in literature expressed their ideas of a no...more...

Are women superior to men?

Women are 'solely' responsible for the propagation and existence of the human race. Now with the creation of artificial sperm, a man's role in the process is void and unnecessary. Statistically:Women live longer on average. Women deal better with stress.Women perform better in school. Women are...more...

Should Channel 4 merge with the BBC?

OFCOM have suggested that Channel 4 merge with BBC Worldwide (the profit making commercial arm of the Corporation) so as to keep the group afloat. This would cover the £100 million per annum that it is said Channel 4 will need to survive. Is this a step worth taking for the good of British telev...more...

The money we spend on our Olympic 'medal count' is money well spent.

It's been estimated Britain had to invest around £15m for each gold medal won. With similar figures coming from Australia – and presumably other countries too – the question is, is this money well spent? Are we getting a good return on investment or should we put our limited resources elsewhere?more...

Has the release of Abdul Baset Ali al-Magrahi destroyed the 'special relationship'?

The release of the Lockerbie bomber has damaged relations with the US but has it destroyed the 'special relationship'? The relationship has faced far worse than a decision to release one man from jail, which was not even made by the British government - for example, Britain’s refusal to go into V...more...

Has Russell Brand gone too far?

Brand is a famously controversial comedian. As recently as July, he caused outrage by making a hoax call claiming he had spotted a man responsible for a series of assaults. However, in a show broadcast on the 16th of October 2008, Brand was involved in perhaps his most controversial performance t...more...

The EU should return power to national governments

The European Union has taken over a large amount of control over numerous areas of policy, and this is not just the areas that the EU was initially created to consolidate; trade, steel and coal. The EU has expanded into regulation, the environment, business and competition, and increasingly just...more...

Carbon offsetting does not work

Carbon offsetting is a deeply flawed idea. We need to do something about global warming but this is not it.more...

Is s.44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 really illegal?

On the 12th January 2010 the court of Strasbourg, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that s44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 was illegal as it contravened Article 8, the right to respect for private and family life. The case was brought by Kevin Gillan and Pennie Quinton who were both stopped an...more...

It is in the British psyche to embrace plucky losers over ruthless winners?

Rather than focus on the winners at Wimbledon the papers concentrate on Laura Robson’s loss. Anywhere else it would be dismissed as an expected defeat not front page news.more...

Was the staging of a homecoming parade for soldiers in Luton as divisive as the protests?

Protests were held during the homecoming of troops from Iraq. Divided local opinions highlight the fact the homecoming parade was staged in a demographically high Muslim area. Are the organisers of the parade just as much to blame for community division as the protestors? http://www.independent....more...

Western powers should leave Afghanistan

Western powers have been occupying Afghanistan since the invasion in 2001 and the escalating human, financial and political costs of the continued occupation far exceed any benefits, either to the West or to the Afghan people themselves. The time has come for the West to admit they cannot contin...more...
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