Archive

This page lists the debates we have held from January 2016 onwards.

Autumn Session 2019

17 Oct.  That the UK needs a written constitution 

24 Oct.  That recreational drugs should be decriminalised    

31 Oct.  That this House is willing to reduce its living standards to protect the environment

7 Nov.  That our politicians ain't wot they used to be

14 Nov.  That Iran is the nation posing the greatest threat to Western security

21 Nov.  That the Government is wrong to introduce relationship teaching in primary schools

28 Nov.  That the Internet is no longer a force for good  (Sir Tim Berners-Lee)

5 Dec.  That this House prefers the Seven Deadly Sins to the Four Cardinal Virtues

Spring Session 2019

24 Jan.  That China is to be feared

31 Jan.  That mental illness is over-diagnosed    

7 Feb.  That British museums and galleries should return appropriated artefacts to their countries of origin

14 Feb.  That population growth is the greatest threat to the future of mankind 

21 Feb.  That the BBC has abandoned its founding principles

28 Feb.  That the best children's books have been written in the last fifty years 

7 Mar.  That the Victorian Age did more harm than good 

14 Mar.  That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government

Autumn Session 2018

11 Oct.  That we should have another referendum on Brexit 

18 Oct.  That clerics should stay out of politics    

25 Oct.  That Jeremy Corbyn has the makings of a good Prime Minister  

1 Nov.  That History is the queen of the Humanities 

8 Nov.  That President Trump's policies are effective

15 Nov.  That life was better in 1968 than it is in 2018 

22 Nov.  That Artificial Intelligence will do more harm than good

29 Nov.  That alcohol is more a blessing than a curse

Spring Session 2018

25 Jan.  That science fiction tells us more about the human condition 
than other forms of fiction (to mark the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein)

1 Feb.  That Amazon is a great blessing    

8 Feb.  That the State Visit invitation to President Trump should be withdrawn  

15 Feb.  That our marriage laws need wholesale revision (Valentine's Day debate)

22 Feb.  That this House regrets Brexit

1 Mar.  That the UK should spend more on defence 

8 Mar.  That we are entering a new age of intolerance

15 Mar.  That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government

Autumn Session 2017

12 Oct.  That this House welcomes the demise of the printed newspaper

19 Oct.  That women would have got the vote just as soon without the suffragettes    

26 Oct.  That Britain needs a new centre party  

2 Nov.  That the Protestant Reformation produced a tectonic shift in Western European ideas (to mark the 500th anniversary of Luther's 95 theses)

9 Nov.  That the free movement of labour is good for the United Kingdom

16 Nov.  That the golden age of cinema ended with the rise of television 

23 Nov.  That tourism kills the thing it loves

30 Nov.  That this House would rather visit Kew Gardens than the National Gallery

Spring Session 2017

26 Jan.  That Fidel Castro served his people well

2 Feb.  That men are from Mars and women are from Venus (John Gray) 

9 Feb.  That there is a right to give offence 

16 Feb.  That the trade unions have become too powerful

23 Feb.  That Bob Dylan deserves his Nobel prize

2 Mar.  That the judges have got above themselves 

9 Mar.  That official enquiries into historical events are a waste of public money

16 Mar.  That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government

Autumn Session 2016

13 Oct.  That Hillary Clinton has the makings of a good president

20 Oct.  That this House welcomes the result of the Referendum   

27 Oct.  That politeness is the first virtue  

3 Nov.  That this House is jolly proud of the British Empire

10 Nov.  That this House welcomes the establishment of more grammar schools

17 Nov.  That Shakespeare's Age was more heroic than our own  

24 Nov.  That the Hinkley Point C project should be scrapped

1 Dec.  That this House would not buy a smartphone

Spring Session 2016

21 Jan.  That the UK should stop bombing Syria

28 Jan.  That Hugh Gaitskell was the best prime minister we never had   

4 Feb.  That this House is tired of London  

11 Feb.  That national security is more important than personal privacy

18 Feb.   That Confucius can teach us all we need to know to live a good life

25 Feb.  That pensioners are unfairly favoured by Government

3 Mar.  That this House opposes the public subsidy of opera

10 Mar.  That this House has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government

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