LSE IV 2025

1. Round 1This House Would Live Like a Rolling StonePractise this motion
2. Round 2This house supports the issuing of Scottish "kilts"Practise this motion
3. Round 3This House Believes That the Painting Should Have Been Displayed with the Damage, Rather than Restored.Practise this motion
4. Round 4THW prioritise cutting staff from UN specialised agencies rather than from peacekeeping or humanitarian branches.Practise this motion
5. Round 5This House Believes that Women's Sports Leagues Should be Majority-Owned by FansPractise this motion
6. QuarterfinalsThis House Prefers a World Without Private Land OwnershipPractise this motion
7. Novice FinalsThis House Would enter the Painted World.Practise this motion
8. SemifinalsThis House Opposes the increasing prominence of affective/emotional labour within sex work (e.g. "girlfriend experience", etc.)Practise this motion
9. ESL FinalsTHS the implementation of emotional restrictions for all products and services where age restrictions apply (e.g. gambling, tobacco, etc.)Practise this motion
10. Grand FinalThis House Prefers a World in which smell was humanity's primary sense, instead of vision.Practise this motion

1. Round 1This House Predicts that Kamala Harris will defeat Donald Trump in the 2024 US Presidential election.Practise this motion
2. Round 2This House Believes That Trading Card Games should adopt the Magic: The Gathering model rather than the YuGiOh model.Practise this motion
3. Round 3This House Believes That developing countries should introduce significant rewards for local officials whose regions achieve high rates of economic growth (eg financial bonuses, career benefits, political promotion etc).Practise this motion
4. Round 4This House Opposes the narrative that power tends to corrupt.Practise this motion
5. Round 5THBT EU member states should adopt measures which favour EU firms over foreign firms (e.g. imposing strict market-share limitations on foreign firms, implementing tougher conditions on acquisitions by foreign investors, and promoting the creation of a limited number of large conglomerates).Practise this motion
6. QuarterfinalsThis House Believes That the interim government of Bangladesh should call an immediate election rather than complete a full term in office.Practise this motion
7. SemifinalsThis House Regrets the abolition of the Ottoman CaliphatePractise this motion
8. Grand FinalThis House Believes That it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.Practise this motion
9. Novice FinalsThis House Opposes children's media centred around dark themes* (e.g. illness, death, depression) *such as Bridge to Terabithia, Coraline, CocoPractise this motion

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1. Round 1In mature democracies THW elect the leaders of political parties via open primariesPractise this motion
2. Round 2THR the rise in popularity of health and fitness tracking apps/devices eg. Myfitnss pal, Fitbit/ Apple Watches, ZOEPractise this motion
3. Round 3THBT the EU should make accession contingent on full territorial sovereigntyPractise this motion
4. Round 4THR the feminist movement's emphasis on women in positions of leadership* as opposed to highlighting more common forms of employment held by women** *eg. Emphasising that any girl can be a CEO or Vice President **eg. secretary, cashier, primary school teacherPractise this motion
5. Round 5THW Require all social media accounts to be connected to an identifiable person or organisationPractise this motion
6. QuarterfinalsTHBT centre-left political parties should prioritise policies that aim to increase economic growth (e.g. mass infrastructure investment, industrial subsidies) over policies that aim to redistribute wealth (e.g. higher taxes for the wealthy, increased welfare payments)Practise this motion
7. SemifinalsTHO Consequentialism* [*The doctrine that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences]Practise this motion
8. Grand FinalTHW stay in a committed monogomous ralationship with the wormPractise this motion
9. ESL FinalsTHO Consequentialism* [*The doctrine that the morality of an action is to be judged solely by its consequences]Practise this motion
10. Pro-Am FinalsTHW preference romantic partners whose view of love is more aligned to the outlook of The Proclaimers than Meat LoafPractise this motion

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1. Round 1TH, as China, would comply with sanctions against the Russian Federation in response to their invasion of UkrainePractise this motion
2. Round 2THS the rise of carceral feminism in developing countriesPractise this motion
3. Round 3TH Supports Biden's escalating restrictions on high-tech US trade with China E.g.: preventing US persons from working for Chinese computer chip manufacturers, and banning the export of advanced US computer chips to China which can be used for AIPractise this motion
4. Round 4As a middle-class British South Asian, assuming Rishi Sunak is still the leader of the Conservative Party, THW vote for Rishi Sunak in the next general electionPractise this motion
5. Round 5THP a world in which artificial intelligence is never capable of creating realistic imagesPractise this motion
6. SemifinalsIn areas with high rates of drug crime, THBT the state should nationalise the supply and distribution of drugsPractise this motion
7. Grand FinalTHBT Bobby should undergo the procedure.Practise this motion
8. Pro-Am FinalTHW tax individuals based on their relative privilege from birth, as opposed to incomePractise this motion

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