Prime Minister PM
Speaker scores for the PM speech, from majors and strong-field tournaments only, so weak or inflated-scale events don't skew them.
OGFirst speaker for Opening Government
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From 28,767 PM speeches by 7,964 debaters in imported tabs. People known only from the historical archive are left out, as on the leaderboard.
Best PM speeches
The highest speaker scores given from this speech.
| Debater | Score | Motion | Tournament |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧Arjun R. | 88 | THR the rise of finfluencersGlasgow Ancients 2024 | Glasgow Ancients 2024 |
| 🇺🇸Tejas S. | 88 | TH, as Mike Pence in 2020, would go along with the Trump coup attempt.Johns Hopkins Open 2022 | Johns Hopkins Open 2022 |
| 🇦🇺Matthew T. | 88 | 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 |
| Clyde W. | 88 | 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 |
| John P. | 88 | THBT environmental movements should be pro-capitalism in their policies and advocacy (e.g., appealing to corporations for green policies, advocating for individual responsibility and sustainable consumption; rather than lobbying governments for extreme regulation, protesting for divestment)Doxbridge I 2020 | Doxbridge I 2020 |
| 🇬🇧Matt C. | 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 |
| Shannon W. | 87 | THBT the Academy Awards should make movies that use AI technology ineligible for awards in categories where the movies used AI technology.Jozi Rumble 2025 | Jozi Rumble 2025 |
| 🇮🇪Shane T. | 87 | THBT South Korean feminists should advocate for the mandatory conscription of womenTrinity Open 2024 | Trinity Open 2024 |
| 🇬🇧Alex C. | 87 | This House Predicts that in 10 years the majority of the world's population will consider the creation of generative AI to have been a mistake.Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 | Copenhagen European Universities Debating Championships 2025 |
| Aidan W. | 87 | This House prefers a collegiate model of university governance over a centralised model.Cambridge IV 2024 | Cambridge IV 2024 |
| David A. | 87 | THP a world where, after COVID-19 is no longer a threat to public health and safety, remote work remains the normLSE Open 2021 | LSE Open 2021 |
| 🇮🇪Jack P. | 87 | THBT the internationalisation of intellectual property law brings more harm than goodMadrid WUDC 2023 | Madrid WUDC 2023 |
Motions PM scores highest on
Speaker average from this speech on each motion. Practise any of them with a prep timer.
THR the rise of ‘Publish or Perish’ culture.
- PM speeches
- 28
- speaker average
- 79.1
THS the use of doxxing by the Left to counter the harrassment of women
- PM speeches
- 22
- speaker average
- 78.5
THBT states formerly under the rule of the Soviet Union should not emphasize their history of struggle against Russian imperialism in constructing their national identity
- PM speeches
- 22
- speaker average
- 78.3
THW grant the WHO, in times of crisis, coercive powers to gather information about suspected infectious disease outbreaks and to enforce its policy recommendations.
- PM speeches
- 80
- speaker average
- 77.9
THW revoke registered charitable status from groups that focus solely or primarily on "advancing religion"
- PM speeches
- 22
- speaker average
- 77.7
THW legalise and actively incentivise the use of university bonds.
- PM speeches
- 80
- speaker average
- 77.6
THR the romanticisation of love marriages in Bollywood movies
- PM speeches
- 50
- 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.
- PM speeches
- 48
- speaker average
- 77.5
PM by motion topic
Speaker average from this speech on each kind of motion.
| Topic | Speeches | Speaker average |
|---|---|---|
| Comedy & Novelty | 210 | 77.6 |
| Fiction | 177 | 77.2 |
| Health & Medicine | 614 | 77.2 |
| Environment | 475 | 77.1 |
| Education | 1,434 | 77.0 |
| Philosophy | 207 | 77.0 |
| Social & Identity | 5,599 | 76.9 |
| Religion | 985 | 76.9 |
| Politics | 3,254 | 76.9 |
| International Relations | 2,427 | 76.9 |
| Arts & Culture | 822 | 76.9 |
| Law & Crime | 1,964 | 76.9 |
Who gives it best
Highest speaker average from the PM speech, among debaters with 4 or more scored.
| Debater | Speeches | Speaker average |
|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧Arth M. | 5 | 83.6 |
| 🇵🇭Ignacio V. | 8 | 83.5 |
| 🇺🇸Tejas S. | 6 | 83.2 |
| 🇷🇸Milos M. | 4 | 83.0 |
| Shannon W. | 4 | 83.0 |
| 🇦🇺Ben J. | 4 | 82.5 |
| 🇦🇺Matthew T. | 15 | 82.2 |
| 🇭🇷Tin P. | 29 | 82.2 |
| 🇬🇧Matt C. | 42 | 82.2 |
| 🇬🇧Hamza C. | 12 | 82.1 |