Motions

ESL Finals

  • TH regrets the role of royal marriages in consolidating empires
  • ESL Semifinals

  • This House Believes That the US should intervene diplomatically and economically to pressure India to demilitarize Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Novice Finals

  • This house predicts that the end of civilisation is near* *within the next 100 years
  • Grand Final

  • THBT Lucifer was legitimate in bringing knowledge to humanity at the cost of exiting the Garden of Eden.
  • Semifinals

  • THW require bankrupt firms to sell their company's assets as a single bundle through an open-market auction
  • Quarterfinals

  • In countries with conscription (e.g. Pakistan, Turkey, Israel, Ukraine), THO faith integration into the military
  • Round 5

  • THBT the expansion of tech giants into financial services & banking will do more harm than good (e.g. digital wallets, credit cards, loan offerings, banks)
  • Round 4

  • THS the Vienna Secession movement
  • Round 3

  • THS the aggressive pursuit of social media & reality T.V. campaigns in sports
  • Round 2

  • THPAW where heads of government are only allowed to appoint cabinet members from elected officials (e,g, Members of Parliament, Senators etc), rather than being allowed to appoint unelected people
  • Round 1

  • THO the glorification of novelty in academic research