Government Whip GW
Speaker scores for the GW speech, from majors and strong-field tournaments only, so weak or inflated-scale events don't skew them.
CGSecond speaker for Closing Government
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From 27,535 GW speeches by 7,767 debaters in imported tabs. People known only from the historical archive are left out, as on the leaderboard.
Best GW speeches
The highest speaker scores given from this speech.
| Debater | Score | Motion | Tournament |
|---|---|---|---|
| 馃嚘馃嚬Marina K. | 87 | This House Would dissolve the position of High Representative for Bosnia and HerzegovinaZagreb European Universities Debating Championships 2022 | Zagreb European Universities Debating Championships 2022 |
| Devashish T. | 87 | THS non-violent property damage (e.g. blowing up pipelines, sabotaging logging equipment etc.) in order to stop climate changeNALSAR IV 2021 | NALSAR IV 2021 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫Tejas S. | 87 | This House Believes that feminists in Western Liberal Democracies should adopt reconciliatory rather than confrontational approaches in their advocacyPanama WUDC 2025 | Panama WUDC 2025 |
| Fiachra N. | 87 | This House Supports the legalisation of assisted dying in England and WalesLSE Open 2025 | LSE Open 2025 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙Ahmed S. | 87 | THBT The Pacific Alliance should introduce a common currencyMadrid WUDC 2023 | Madrid WUDC 2023 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙Umar B. | 86 | THBT schools should teach about history as a product of clashes between social forces which represent different material conditions, rather than the product of clashes between different ideas and perspectivesCall Out 2022 | Call Out 2022 |
| 馃嚟馃嚪Lovro S. | 86 | THP a system in which the vast majority of high school students go into boarding schools in developed countries.Vienna IV 2022 | Vienna IV 2022 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙Joseph L. | 86 | THBT the Biden administration should adopt a diplomatic rather than an antagonistic approach to RussiaKCL Open 2021 | KCL Open 2021 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫Enting L. | 86 | THS political centrism (e.g. favouring moderate policies and bipartisan approaches to political engagement, "reaching across the aisle") as a dominant political ideology.Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open 2022 | Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open 2022 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫Xiao-Ke L. | 86 | This House believes that education systems should over-inflate children鈥檚 academic self-perception (e.g. providing overwhelmingly positive feedback, avoiding fail grades, etc.).Vietnam WUDC 2024 | Vietnam WUDC 2024 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙Tan W. | 86 | This House, as Iran, would cease all support for militant groups in the Middle East (e.g. Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc.)Mexico WUDC 2018 | Mexico WUDC 2018 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙Parth P. | 86 | THBT professionals and disability activists should heavily prioritize the practices and narratives derived from the medical as opposed to the social model.Glasgow Ancients 2023 | Glasgow Ancients 2023 |
Motions GW scores highest on
Speaker average from this speech 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
- GW speeches
- 20
- speaker average
- 78.3
THBT parents should primarily use reward power rather than legitimate power when trying to modify behaviour
- GW speeches
- 22
- speaker average
- 77.7
THW allow city and local governments to be held civilly responsible for deaths that can be ascribed to homelessness
- GW speeches
- 22
- speaker average
- 77.7
During times of economic crisis, THBT it is better to live in an autocracy than in a democracy
- GW speeches
- 42
- speaker average
- 77.7
THW grant the WHO, in times of crisis, coercive powers to gather information about suspected infectious disease outbreaks and to enforce its policy recommendations.
- GW speeches
- 64
- 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.
- GW speeches
- 48
- 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).
- GW speeches
- 74
- speaker average
- 77.4
THBT the Democratic Party leadership should publicly commit to using 'procedurally activist' congressional tactics to pursue their policy objectives.
- GW speeches
- 70
- speaker average
- 77.4
GW by motion topic
Speaker average from this speech on each kind of motion.
| Topic | Speeches | Speaker average |
|---|---|---|
| Comedy & Novelty | 205 | 77.1 |
| Philosophy | 193 | 77.0 |
| Arts & Culture | 786 | 77.0 |
| Environment | 441 | 77.0 |
| Religion | 876 | 76.9 |
| Pop Culture | 215 | 76.9 |
| Social & Identity | 5,343 | 76.7 |
| Education | 1,422 | 76.7 |
| Politics | 3,131 | 76.7 |
| Economics | 4,285 | 76.6 |
| International Relations | 2,320 | 76.6 |
| Video Games | 242 | 76.6 |
Who gives it best
Highest speaker average from the GW speech, among debaters with 4 or more scored.
| Debater | Speeches | Speaker average |
|---|---|---|
| 馃嚠馃嚤Hadar G. | 12 | 83.2 |
| 馃嚘馃嚭Amrit A. | 4 | 83.0 |
| 馃嚟馃嚪Lovro S. | 8 | 82.9 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫Shayor K. | 4 | 82.8 |
| 馃嚞馃嚙Tan W. | 4 | 82.8 |
| 馃嚨馃嚟Ignacio V. | 7 | 82.6 |
| 馃嚟馃嚪Tin P. | 5 | 82.4 |
| 馃嚭馃嚫Tejas S. | 52 | 82.2 |
| 馃嚥馃嚲Kuberan K. | 9 | 82.2 |
| 馃嚨馃嚟Tobi L. | 11 | 82.1 |