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UADC 2020

What it took to break at this edition, what was set and who set it.

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2020

From 1 tab, newest UADC 2020.

How many points did it take?

6points were safe
in 2020

The last team in averaged 78.5 speaks in 2020.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 48 past motions with a topic, from 1 edition.

Practise Politics motionsLesson: Generating arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

29of 107 teams made the open break
in 2020

Past motions

1 edition with motions on record, newest first.

UADC 202048 motions
  1. Round 1THBT human beings have a moral responsibility to preserve the ecology of earth, even at the expense of their own survival.Practise this motion
  2. Round 1In developed countries, THW increase the tax on the use of non-renewable energy sources to be equivalent to the cost of the closest renewable energy source.Practise this motion
  3. Round 1TH, as a developing country, would choose to deprioritise economic modernisation in favour of the Gross National Happiness Index.Practise this motion
  4. Round 2This House would make entry into university based on a lottery after passing a basic high school examPractise this motion
  5. Round 2THW not allow colleges to recruit students using sports scholarshipsPractise this motion
  6. Round 2THW impose a cap on university endowments, in favour of directing the money towards grants given to individual professors/researchers.Practise this motion
  7. Round 3This House regrets India's withdrawal from the RCEPPractise this motion
  8. Round 3This House, as India, would aggressively fund the Pakistan Democratic MovementPractise this motion
  9. Round 3This House, as the Hijra community, would embrace the mythology surrounding themPractise this motion
  10. Round 4THBT the Democrats in the United States should focus their political efforts into swinging moderate and conservative voters in traditionally 'Red' states (e.g. Arkansas, Utah, Mississippi etc.), as opposed to galvanising their existing voter bases.Practise this motion
  11. Round 4This House, as the Biden Administration, would continue the trade war with ChinaPractise this motion
  12. Round 4This House, as the Justice Democrats, would leave the Democrat Party and make their own partyPractise this motion
  13. Round 5This House would subsidize the use and development of psychedelics-based therapy as a treatment to those with prolonged PTSD and depressive symptomsPractise this motion
  14. Round 5This House, as religious organisations, would actively encourage followers to consume hallucinogens and psychedelics for religious/spiritual/mystical eventsPractise this motion
  15. Round 5In areas with significant amount of illegal trade and production of drugs, this House believes that the state should legalise and aggressively produce and sell drugs.Practise this motion
  16. Round 6This House, as Abiy Ahmed, would abandon attempts at creating the proposed Prosperity Party and reinstate the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)Practise this motion
  17. Round 6This House regrets Juan Guaidó's decision to boycott the Venezuelan electionsPractise this motion
  18. Round 6This House regrets the rise of the Turkish Pan-Islamist MediaPractise this motion
  19. Round 7This House regrets the feminist cult of personality surrounding female leaders from prominent political families in developing countriesPractise this motion
  20. Round 7This House, as a female executive in a male-dominated industry, would give preferential treatment to female subordinatesPractise this motion
  21. Round 7This House regrets the de-politicization of the drag culturePractise this motion
  22. Round 8This House believes that the World Bank should hold major government enterprises as collateral while issuing loans to countries who have a track record of corruptionPractise this motion
  23. Round 8This House believes that the post-COVID economic resuscitation plans of Asian countries in weaker economic positions should heavily focus on local production of real sector goods (agriculture and manufacture) instead of on services or international tradePractise this motion
  24. Round 8In countries with large agricultural sectors, this House believes that the state should impose strict regulations to determine the output and best practices for local farmersPractise this motion
  25. Open Partial Double OctasThis House would compel giant social media and instant messaging platforms (Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, etc.) to demand a much higher threshold of identification and verifiability from their usersPractise this motion
  26. Open Partial Double OctasThis House regrets the rise of the influencer business modelPractise this motion
  27. Open Partial Double OctasThis House regrets social-media-based self-disclosure groups for mental healthPractise this motion
  28. Open OctofinalsThis House, as Saudi Arabia, would look for stronger ties with China at the expense of USAPractise this motion
  29. Open OctofinalsThis House believes that closer Arab-Israeli ties are in the best interest of PalestiniansPractise this motion
  30. Open OctofinalsThis House, as the Likud Party, would not field Benjamin Netanyahu in the event of an upcoming electionPractise this motion
  31. EFL QuarterfinalsThis House, as an ordinary believer of a monotheistic religion, would choose to believe in religious pluralism over religious inclusivismPractise this motion
  32. EFL QuarterfinalsThis House believes that left-wing political movements should heavily support the re-interpretation of religious stories (of prophets, miracles, parables, and verses) to justify pragmatic economic goals such as wealth redistributionPractise this motion
  33. EFL QuarterfinalsThis House prefers a world in which the conception of sin in Abrahamic religions is entirely a result of human agency as opposed to temptation of the devilPractise this motion
  34. Open QuarterfinalsThis House, as an ordinary believer of a monotheistic religion, would choose to believe in religious pluralism over religious inclusivismPractise this motion
  35. Open QuarterfinalsThis House believes that left-wing political movements should heavily support the re-interpretation of religious stories (of prophets, miracles, parables, and verses) to justify pragmatic economic goals such as wealth redistributionPractise this motion
  36. Open QuarterfinalsThis House prefers a world in which the conception of sin in Abrahamic religions is entirely a result of human agency as opposed to temptation of the devilPractise this motion
  37. EFL SemifinalsTHP that the main opposition leader in authoritarian countries to be individuals with a strong background in politics and governance over working class commonersPractise this motion
  38. EFL SemifinalsTHR the use of the narrative of successful colonial resistance by political parties for political gainPractise this motion
  39. EFL SemifinalsTHBT opposition parties in authoritarian democracies should actively prioritise their militant wings over their political wingsPractise this motion
  40. Open SemifinalsTHP that the main opposition leader in authoritarian countries to be individuals with a strong background in politics and governance over working class commonersPractise this motion
  41. Open SemifinalsTHR the use of the narrative of successful colonial resistance by political parties for political gainPractise this motion
  42. Open SemifinalsTHBT opposition parties in authoritarian democracies should actively prioritise their militant wings over their political wingsPractise this motion
  43. EFL Grand FinalThis House believes that progressive movements should opt to aggressively fund think-tanks with the explicit goal of shifting the Overton Window, at the expense of grassroots mobilisation in the form of protests and riots.Practise this motion
  44. EFL Grand FinalThis House prefers guilt society over shame societyPractise this motion
  45. EFL Grand FinalThis House regrets the pervasiveness of colonial determinism in discourse surrounding African development and politicsPractise this motion
  46. Open Grand FinalIn developing countries with weak civil-military control, THS the use of mandatory conscription.Practise this motion
  47. Open Grand FinalIn post-colonial states, THS militaries with strong nationalist ideologies over militaries that see themselves as autonomous, professional bodies.Practise this motion
  48. Open Grand FinalIn countries with weak central governance, THP urban-based civil society-supported military coups.Practise this motion

The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

Every break in 2020

  • Open break29 teams
  • EFL break8 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 1 edition
77.1
where most speakers land
75.5 to 78.7

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker81.6
  • 10th speaker80.8
  • 20th speaker79.8

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 1 edition.