Southampton Open 2026

1. Round 1THR the overriding narrative of perceiving creative individuals as broodingPractise this motion
2. Round 2This House as Pope Leo XIV would abolish the vow of celibacyPractise this motion
3. Round 3This House, as the UK Labour Party, would implement a proportional representation voting systemPractise this motion
4. Round 4This House Prefers the Nordic Model of Sex work to the Legalisation Model.Practise this motion
5. Grand FinalTHW eat the SalmonPractise this motion

1. Round 1TH prefers a world where gene selection technologies are widely availablePractise this motion
2. Round 2TH, as the player, would join a professional leaguePractise this motion
3. Round 3THR the rise of the narrative that you should 'experience life' before having childrenPractise this motion
4. Round 4THS the UK government's decision to redistribute oversea aidPractise this motion
5. Gold FinalTHW implement a global 100% tax on any personal income above 10 million $Practise this motion
6. Silver FinalTHW abandon all efforts to conserve pandasPractise this motion
7. Pro-AM FinalTH, as the woman, would choose to stay.Practise this motion

Open the Southampton Open 2025 prep page

1. Round 1THP a world with a universal norm of filial pietyPractise this motion
2. Round 2THW dollarize Argentina's economyPractise this motion
3. Round 3TH Hopes for the SNP to lose the next Scottish Parliament ElectionPractise this motion
4. Round 4THS Nayib Bukele's aggressive crackdown on gangs in El SalvadorPractise this motion
5. Grand FinalTHW legalize secession from the Indian Union of StatesPractise this motion
6. Silver Finals FinalsTHP to be born in Factionland as opposed to a Western Liberal DemocracyPractise this motion
7. Pro-Am Finals FinalsTHW teach the twins to readPractise this motion

Open the Southampton Open 2024 prep page

1. Round 1THW hold online platforms liable for third-party content displayed on their websitesPractise this motion
2. Round 2THR the vilification of women who do not support feminism among the feminist communityPractise this motion
3. Round 3THR the rise in the prominence of Geoeconomics in Western foreign policyPractise this motion
4. Round 4THS the European Union imposing further measures to control refugee and asylum seeker inflow into the European Union (i.e., directing refugees to specific ports of entry, mandating yearly asylum seeker quotas, giving more powers to an EU border security agency, etc.)Practise this motion
5. Pro Am FinalsTHBT the use of non-human animals in scientific experimentation is inherently immoralPractise this motion
6. Silver FinalsTHO the narrative that the world ultimately behaves in ways describable through reasonPractise this motion

Open the Southampton Open 2023 prep page

1. Round 1TH, as the state of Florida, would attempt to kill all the meth gatorsPractise this motion
2. Round 2THO the shift in non-STEM academia and higher education teaching to focus on quantitative research as opposed to qualitative researchPractise this motion
3. Round 3THR the prevalence of 'choice feminism'Practise this motion
4. Round 4 (Closed)THP localised attempts at post conflict justice (e.g. prosecutions, truth and reconciliation commissions, etc.) over international attemptsPractise this motion
5. Open FinalTHS the concept of an art canonPractise this motion
6. Pro-Am FinalTHW legalise consensual cannibalismPractise this motion

Open the Southampton Open 2022 prep page