Deputy Leader of Opposition DLO
Speaker scores for the DLO speech, from majors and strong-field tournaments only, so weak or inflated-scale events don't skew them.
OOSecond speaker for Opening Opposition
What does DLO score?
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highest score
From 27,959 DLO speeches by 7,609 debaters in imported tabs. People known only from the historical archive are left out, as on the leaderboard.
Best DLO speeches
The highest speaker scores given from this speech.
| Debater | Score | Motion | Tournament |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇬Niki A. | 89 | THBT it is in the interests of Taiwan to pursue friendlier ties with China (e.g. economic, political and cultural ties)Madrid WUDC 2023 | Madrid WUDC 2023 |
| 🇮🇪Jack S. | 88 | This House, as Democratic states, Would declare a civil warLSE Open 2026 | LSE Open 2026 |
| 🇬🇧Jamie B. | 88 | This House Would allow authors to make legally binding declarations prohibiting some or all of their unpublished works from being published posthumously.Glasgow Ancients 2025 | Glasgow Ancients 2025 |
| 🇮🇪Martha M. | 87 | THBT Donald Trump winning the 2024 US Presidential Election is in the interest of the Chinese Communist PartyGlasgow European Universities Debating Championships 2024 | Glasgow European Universities Debating Championships 2024 |
| 🇺🇸Xiao-Ke L. | 87 | This House Believes that modern rap and hip-hop has done more harm than good for womenLSE OPEN 2024 | LSE OPEN 2024 |
| 🇺🇸Xiao-Ke L. | 87 | This House Believes That developed economies should heavily prioritise the elimination of their budget deficitsLSE Open 2025 | LSE Open 2025 |
| Justin Q. | 87 | THR OPEC.Chicago Open 2022 | Chicago Open 2022 |
| 🇦🇺Isabella M. | 87 | This House Regrets the rise of TikTok trends that encourage self-diagnosis of mental health conditions.ANU Winter 2022 | ANU Winter 2022 |
| 🇦🇺Ben J. | 87 | This House would abolish the Olympic Games.Thailand WUDC 2020 | Thailand WUDC 2020 |
| 🇧🇬Niki A. | 87 | THBT the internationalisation of intellectual property law brings more harm than goodMadrid WUDC 2023 | Madrid WUDC 2023 |
| Dan L. | 87 | This house would redefine the criterion for excessive force in the US to be any use of force beyond what is reasonable given all the facts of the case, including the benefit of hindsight (e.g. whether the individual had a gun, not whether it was reasonable to believe he had a gun).Mexico WUDC 2018 | Mexico WUDC 2018 |
| 🇺🇸Amitai P. | 87 | This House Supports the rise of specialised private equity firms and funds that focus on specific sectors or geographiesPanama WUDC 2025 | Panama WUDC 2025 |
Motions DLO scores highest on
Speaker average from this speech on each motion. Practise any of them with a prep timer.
THR the romanticisation of love marriages in Bollywood movies
- DLO speeches
- 46
- speaker average
- 79.2
THO the use of VAR in football in its current form
- DLO speeches
- 26
- speaker average
- 79.0
THW ban viatical settlements
- DLO speeches
- 38
- speaker average
- 78.9
THR the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture.
- DLO speeches
- 28
- speaker average
- 78.8
During times of economic crisis, THBT it is better to live in an autocracy than in a democracy
- DLO speeches
- 46
- speaker average
- 78.2
THW revoke registered charitable status from groups that focus solely or primarily on "advancing religion"
- DLO speeches
- 22
- speaker average
- 77.9
THO close collaboration between government intelligence agencies and social media companies in liberal democracies
- DLO speeches
- 30
- speaker average
- 77.9
In conservative areas, THBT the feminist movement should advocate for the extension of modesty standards to men (e.g. vilifying adulting men, mocking men who have a lot of sex, advocating for men to 'cover up,' etc) over advocating for the removal of modesty standards on women (e.g. highlighting the inappropriateness of language that shames women who have a lot of sex, advocating for women to not have to 'cover up,' etc)
- DLO speeches
- 36
- speaker average
- 77.8
DLO by motion topic
Speaker average from this speech on each kind of motion.
| Topic | Speeches | Speaker average |
|---|---|---|
| Comedy & Novelty | 202 | 78.1 |
| History | 235 | 77.6 |
| Religion | 923 | 77.6 |
| Arts & Culture | 803 | 77.5 |
| Health & Medicine | 611 | 77.5 |
| Philosophy | 210 | 77.4 |
| Social & Identity | 5,394 | 77.4 |
| International Relations | 2,324 | 77.4 |
| Sport | 1,036 | 77.3 |
| Video Games | 237 | 77.3 |
| Pop Culture | 215 | 77.2 |
| Media | 1,033 | 77.2 |
Who gives it best
Highest speaker average from the DLO speech, among debaters with 4 or more scored.
| Debater | Speeches | Speaker average |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸Aditya D. | 5 | 83.2 |
| 🇬🇧Hamza C. | 5 | 83.0 |
| 🇺🇸Ryan L. | 8 | 82.9 |
| 🇵ðŸ‡Tobi L. | 13 | 82.8 |
| 🇧🇬Niki A. | 11 | 82.7 |
| ðŸ‡ðŸ‡·Lovro S. | 10 | 82.7 |
| Radko N. | 7 | 82.6 |
| 🇨🇦Naomi P. | 15 | 82.5 |
| 🇦🇺Eden B. | 6 | 82.5 |
| Miriam K. | 6 | 82.5 |