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Durham IV 2025
Nov 10, 2025 · BP
Motions from this series
Durham IV 2025 (2025)8 motions
- Round 1THBT the feminist movement should actively promote monogamous relationships
- Round 1THS the decline of the 'positivity culture' in media
- Round 1THBT that Serbia should strengthen economic ties with China at the expense of EU integration
- Round 1TH as progressive political parties in the UK (Green Party, Your Party etc) would coordinate electoral strategies to prevent vote splitting that would benefit the Reform party
- Round 1THBT environment groups in developed countries should advocate for degrowth polilcies
- Round 1THW leave Seahaven Island
- Round 1THS sanctions on the UAE in response to its interventions in Sudan
- Round 1This House prefers to live in a population under Unity-style assimilation
Durham IV 2024 (2024)8 motionsCA: 🇮🇪 Dylan M., 🇦🇹 Paula B., Dominic F., Ellie M.
- Round 1This House Would Legalise Graffiti
- Round 2In places with high levels of crime against women, This House Supports Vigilante Feminism
- Round 3This House Prefers a World where Wealth is Seen as Shameful
- Round 4This House Regrets the Romanticisation of Pregnancy
- Round 5This House Believes That it is in the interests of the Chinese population to fully remove all restrictions on immigration
- Novice FinalThis House Would Leave Carthage
- SemifinalsAssuming feasibility, This House as California would Secede from the United States
- Grand FinalThis House Would Not Wear the Poppy
Durham IV 2023 (2023)8 motionsCA: 🇬🇧 Adam M., 🇬🇧 Alyssa M.
- Round 1THP a world with a dominant norm of spiritual fluidity
- Round 2THW ban saviour siblings
- Round 3THS policies of debt monetisation in times of significant crisis and economic downturn (eg the Covid-19 pandemic, wars)
- Round 4THBT the Scottish government should prioritise teaching Gaelic in schools over modern langauges (eg French, Mandarin, German)
- Round 5THBT the institutionalization of art has done more harm than good
- SemifinalsTH predicts that the proportion of people in the UK identifying as religious will be greater in 2060 than it is today
- ProAm FinalTHP a decriminalised to legalised model of prostitution
- Grand FinalTHP a world where children are raised communally
Durham IV 2021 (2021)10 motions
- Round 1THBT historically oppressed communities should heavily prioritise teaching values of individualism to their children
- Round 2THW build social housing in high wealth areas
- Round 3THS the increased academisation of education
- Round 4THR the cancellation of the European Super League
- Round 5THW heavily tax corporations which automate their workforce
- Partial QuarterfinalsIn post-colonial states, THBT education (e.g. history curricula) should graphically and exclusively focus on the negative impact of colonialism
- SemifinalsTHO 'stock market populism'
- Grand FinalTHW remove the chip
- Pro-am FinalsTHP a world in which people believe in the Epicurean model of happiness
- ESL FinalsTHP a world where this machine exists
Durham IV 2020 (2020)10 motions
- Round 1This House prefers a world where people are told to aspire towards self-acceptance rather than self-improvement
- Round 2TH as the European Union would implement a unifrom, common tax policy (e.g. corporate tax, value-added tax, and income tax)
- Round 3Assuming he wins, THBT President Biden should repair relations to China
- Round 4THW outsource UN Peacekeeping Missions to Private Military Corporations
- Round 5TH, as new immigrants, Would prioritise the preservation of their traditional culture in the household over assimilating to the new culture
- QuarterfinalsTHBT France should abandon its policy of Laicite
- SemifinalsTHW encourage the loud reclamation of provocative and vulgar language in pop culture (e.g. Cardi B's WAP, Eminem's Insane)
- Grand FinalTHR the increasing usage of memes and political satire in political commentary
- Pro-Am SemifinalsTHBT Muslim majority countries should boycott China
- Pro-Am FinalsAssuming feasibility, THP a world without clothing
What gets set here
Social & Identity34%
Economics11%
International Relations9%
Politics9%
Education7%
Abstract5%
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22% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 78.3.
Last edition: 8 of 48 teams broke.
- 202010 pts · 78.2 speaks16/57
- 202110 pts · 76.7 speaks12/51
- 202310 pts · 78.4 speaks8/34
- 202410 pts · 78.9 speaks9/45
- 202511 pts · 79.5 speaks8/48
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break8 teams
- Novice break4 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Cyrus B. | GW | THBT the feminist movement should actively promote monogamous relationships | 85 |
| Joshua S. | MG | THBT the feminist movement should actively promote monogamous relationships | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Cyrus B. | DLO | — | 84 |
| 🇮🇪 Ziyad A. | MG | THBT the feminist movement should actively promote monogamous relationships | 83 |
| Joshua S. | LO | — | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 William S. | DLO | THBT the feminist movement should actively promote monogamous relationships | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 William S. | GW | — | 82 |
| Helen W. | OW | — | 82 |
| 🇮🇪 Maia N. | GW | THBT the feminist movement should actively promote monogamous relationships | 82 |
| 🇬🇧 Miya T. | MO | — | 82 |
| 🇬🇧 Miya T. | MG | — | 82 |
| Nuan | DPM | — | 82 |
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