Independence for Scotland? - Tuesday 14th October

Will it be Rule Britannia or Scotland the Brave? At long last the issue of Scottish independence comes to the table as we tackle this emotive political issue. The speeches of Alex Salmon will no doubt have been exhausted for possible arguments, the finances of the union calculated to the exact penny. Then there are the questions on all of our minds; what about the Queen and the national anthem too?

Four of our debaters will be tackling this issue on Tuesday 14th October when the society debates the motion 'This House believes Scotland should become an independent state.'

Speaking in proposition will be newcomer Chris Redfearn and David Shepherd. Chris wowed us all with his first debate a few weeks ago when he stepped in at the last minute and pulled the floor and judges points in his first debate. David is the Society Vice-Chair and has been with us for quite a while; he's appeared in competition teams twice and is most well known in the society for his....thought provoking and stimulating contributions to the forum.

In opposition will be the Society Vice-President Adam Thompson who will be making his debut debate of the year. Sam Hunt, fresh from his antics at the RGS a few weeks ago will be Adam's partner. Adam and Sam are some what joined at the hip (metaphorically speaking) and have been debating partners on many occasions in the past.

We are all looking forward to Tuesday's debate and welcome all, members and non, to come along and watch what should be an interesting debate.

Organ donation - 7th October 2008

The chuckles of last week over, our Wii Fits away and having been spared from the red ring of death our debating calender returns to a more...serious nature this week as we take on the issue of presumed organ donation. Grand Final chair, Jake Robinson takes the Speaker's chair for this weeks debate as we debate the motion This house believes in presumed organ donation the interesting topic of whether or not we should have to 'opt out' as opposed to 'opt in' to organ donation.

Speaking in favour will be Andrew Burdis and Ewan Gibson whilst in opposition Thejana Bentotage will be hoping he has more success than his brother did last week as he accompanies newcomer the infamous David Lowes. David will have to hope that all of the newcomers luck wasn't used on Chris Redfearn last week whilst this President has no doubt that prayers that I will be absent from Tuesday's debate will have been said this morning by Mr Lowes.

The society looks forward to an interesting debate on Tuesday and as usual we welcome any guests who wish to pop by and see what we get up to.