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LSE OPEN 2024
2024-02-23 · BP
Motions from this series
LSE OPEN 2024 (2024)10 motionsCA: 🇬🇧 Josh A., 🇨🇦 Naomi P., Ramesh R.
- Round 1This House Would ban faith-based schools in Western liberal democracies
- Round 2This House Prefers a world with the mass replacement of human police officers with Robocops to a world with no Robocops.
- Round 3TH, as Putin, regrets Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022
- Round 4This House Believes that modern rap and hip-hop has done more harm than good for women
- Round 5THS the current economic decline of China
- QuarterfinalsTHBT European football leagues should require teams to include a minimum of five domestic players in their starting line-up
- SemifinalsTHBT Narendra Modi's tenure as Prime Minister has done more harm than good for India
- Grand FinalTHP a world where the natural ageing process is replaced with the Shani Ageing Process
- ESL FinalTHBT Narendra Modi's tenure as Prime Minister has done more harm than good for India
- Novice FinalTHW allow parents to be prosecuted for the crimes of their child
LSE Open 2023 (2023)9 motionsCA: Klaudia M., 🇮🇪 Jack S., 🇬🇭 Erasmus S., 🇷🇸 Janko D.
- Round 1TH Opposes the FIFA "non-interference" rule
- Round 2In countries with constitutional courts, TH Would replace the bill of rights with a free-standing right to justice
- Round 3TH Supports the continued increase of windfall taxes on energy companies who made high profits within the period of high energy prices
- Round 4TH Prefers a world where Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party won the 2019 British General Election
- Round 5Assuming feasibility, TH Would give all animals human levels of cognition and powers of speech
- Partial Semi-FinalsTH, as Job, Would keep the Faith
- SemifinalsTH, as France, Would withdraw from its former colonies in Africa
- Pro-Am FinalTH Prefers a world where all children are randomly reassigned to a new parent at birth
- Grand FinalTH, as Hamlet, Would kill Claudius.
LSE Open 2022 (2022)11 motionsCA: 🇷🇸 Milos M., 🇦🇺 Jessica M., Harish N., Mubarrat W.
- Round 1This House opposes left wing media (e.g. The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight) using mockery to cover the right
- Round 2This House believes that declining cities should be allowed to impose an "exit tax" on leaving businesses
- Round 3THBT Bruce should become a masked vigilante
- Round 4 (Closed)This House believes that the West should introduce a complete ban on the purchase of Russian oil and natural gas
- Round 5 (Closed)This House would ban the advertising of consumer goods and services
- QuarterfinalsTHO organised religion
- SemifinalsThis House would rather be a part of the "27 Club" than live an average anonymous life
- Grand FinalThis House believes that the International Criminal Court should prosecute US presidents for war crimes (including but not limited to: Bill Clinton, George W Bush, Barack Obama)
- ESL SemifinalsTHO organised religion
- ESL FinalsThis House opposes the human desire to leave behind a legacy
- Novice FinalsTHBT the rise of online video streaming websites (e.g. Netflix, HBO Max, Disney + etc.) has done more harm than good
LSE Open 2021 (2021)9 motions
- Round 1THR modern medicine's prioritisation of longevity over quality of life (e.g. extending lifespan vs. palliative care)
- Round 2THP a world where, after COVID-19 is no longer a threat to public health and safety, remote work remains the norm
- Round 4THO 'political consumerism'
- Round 5THS the rise of private cities in the developing world
- QuarterfinalsTHW require no-fee brokerages (e.g. Robinhood) to introduce a minimum asset threshold for all investors
- ESL SemifinalsTHW require no-fee brokerages (e.g. Robinhood) to introduce a minimum asset threshold for all investors
- SemifinalsTHBT the election of Joe Biden is in the interests of Israel
- ESL FinalTHBT the election of Joe Biden is in the interests of Israel
- Grand FinalTHBT the LGBTQ+ movement should emphasise family values as a part of their activism, rather than adopt the view that family values do not matter
What gets set here
Economics18%
International Relations15%
Politics10%
Social & Identity10%
Media8%
Religion8%
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Practice Economics motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›Breaking here
18% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 80.5.
Last edition: 17 of 83 teams broke.
- 202111 pts · 81.5 speaks16/95
- 202211 pts · 79.1 speaks17/90
- 202311 pts · 80.9 speaks12/70
- 202410 pts · 80.4 speaks17/83
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break17 teams
- ESL break6 teams
- Novice break4 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Xiao L. | DLO | This House Believes that modern rap and hip-hop has done more harm than good for women | 87 |
| 🇧🇬 Rumen M. | MG | TH, as Putin, regrets Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 | 87 |
| 🇬🇧 Mark R. | MO | This House Prefers a world with the mass replacement of human police officers with Robocops to a world with no Robocops. | 87 |
| 🇬🇧 Mark R. | LO | TH, as Putin, regrets Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 | 86 |
| 🇺🇸 Devesh K. | MG | THS the current economic decline of China | 86 |
| Radko N. | GW | TH, as Putin, regrets Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 | 86 |
| 🇧🇬 Alek S. | DLO | This House Believes that modern rap and hip-hop has done more harm than good for women | 86 |
| 🇮🇪 Jack S. | OW | This House Prefers a world with the mass replacement of human police officers with Robocops to a world with no Robocops. | 86 |
| 🇺🇸 Ye H. | GW | THS the current economic decline of China | 86 |
| 🇬🇧 Mark R. | MG | This House Believes that modern rap and hip-hop has done more harm than good for women | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Max R. | LO | This House Believes that modern rap and hip-hop has done more harm than good for women | 85 |
| 🇮🇪 Jack S. | GW | This House Believes that modern rap and hip-hop has done more harm than good for women | 85 |
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