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Closing Government CG

Speaker scores for both CG speeches, from majors and strong-field tournaments only, so weak or inflated-scale events don't skew them.

MG and GW together

What does CG score?

76.7speaker average

88highest score

From 56,425 CG speeches (both speakers) by 11,465 debaters in imported tabs. People known only from the historical archive are left out, as on the leaderboard.

Best CG speeches

The highest speaker scores given from this bench.

DebaterScoreMotionTournament
馃嚠馃嚦Shakya C.88THS non-violent property damage (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.) in order to stop climate changeNALSAR IV 2021NALSAR IV 2021
馃嚞馃嚙Matt H.88THS the rise of private cities in the developing worldLSE Open 2021LSE Open 2021
馃嚘馃嚬Miri M.88This House Would dissolve the position of High Representative for Bosnia and HerzegovinaZagreb European Universities Debating Championships 2022Zagreb European Universities Debating Championships 2022
馃嚘馃嚭Elinor S.88This House Supports the use of La Mano Dura policies in areas with high crime rates in Latin America.Panama WUDC 2025Panama WUDC 2025
Fiachra N.87This House Supports the legalisation of assisted dying in England and WalesLSE Open 2025LSE Open 2025
馃嚞馃嚙Jamie B.87No motion on fileKorea WUDC 2021Korea WUDC 2021
馃嚙馃嚞Rumen M.87TH, as Putin, regrets Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022LSE OPEN 2024LSE OPEN 2024
Devashish T.87THS non-violent property damage (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.) in order to stop climate changeNALSAR IV 2021NALSAR IV 2021
馃嚭馃嚫Tejas S.87This House Believes that feminists in Western Liberal Democracies should adopt reconciliatory rather than confrontational approaches in their advocacyPanama WUDC 2025Panama WUDC 2025
馃嚘馃嚬Marina K.87This House Would dissolve the position of High Representative for Bosnia and HerzegovinaZagreb European Universities Debating Championships 2022Zagreb European Universities Debating Championships 2022
馃嚞馃嚙Ahmed S.87THBT The Pacific Alliance should introduce a common currencyMadrid WUDC 2023Madrid WUDC 2023
馃嚭馃嚫David B.86THW would give industry representatives (e.g unions or professional associations) a veto over political appointments made in their area of expertise (e.g. bar associations when selecting judges, teachers unions when appointing an Education Minister, etc.)Doxbridge Pre-WUDC 2022Doxbridge Pre-WUDC 2022

Motions CG scores highest on

Speaker average from this bench on each motion. Practise any of them with a prep timer.

  • THS the use of doxxing by the Left to counter the harrassment of women

    CG speeches
    44
    speaker average
    78.5

  • THW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness

    CG speeches
    46
    speaker average
    77.8

  • During times of economic crisis, THBT it is better to live in an autocracy than in a democracy

    CG speeches
    90
    speaker average
    77.7

  • THBT parents should primarily use reward power rather than legitimate power when trying to modify behaviour

    CG speeches
    44
    speaker average
    77.6

  • THW require major tech companies working on generative AI to go open source* *Open source software is software with source code that anyone can inspect, modify the copy of the code, and share.

    CG speeches
    94
    speaker average
    77.5

  • THBT Southeast Asian nations should actively move towards the consolidation of a regional alliance at the expense of seeking stronger ties with non-regional allies (e.g. by forming closer intra-ASEAN defence ties, increasing ASEAN economic integration etc).

    CG speeches
    148
    speaker average
    77.4

  • THW grant the WHO, in times of crisis, coercive powers to gather information about suspected infectious disease outbreaks and to enforce its policy recommendations.

    CG speeches
    136
    speaker average
    77.4

  • THW ban viatical settlements

    CG speeches
    88
    speaker average
    77.3

CG by motion topic

Speaker average from this bench on each kind of motion.

TopicSpeechesSpeaker average
Philosophy41477.2
Religion1,82477.0
Arts & Culture1,61877.0
Comedy & Novelty42077.0
Environment92676.9
Pop Culture44776.9
Social & Identity10,95476.8
Meta-Debate6776.8
Education2,90976.8
Politics6,40276.7
International Relations4,72376.7
Economics8,80676.7

Who gives it best

Highest speaker average from CG speeches, among debaters with 4 or more scored.

DebaterSpeechesSpeaker average
馃嚞馃嚙Tan W.583.2
馃嚘馃嚭Elinor S.783.1
馃嚞馃嚙Jason X.883.1
馃嚘馃嚭Amrit A.483.0
馃嚟馃嚪Lovro S.1282.8
馃嚟馃嚪Tin P.3882.6
馃嚭馃嚫Enting L.782.6
馃嚘馃嚭Dominic G.982.6
馃嚞馃嚙Matt H.882.4
馃嚠馃嚤Hadar G.3282.3