This House Believes Western Politics Is Inherently Sexist (Stormont 2017)

Good evening, good evening, ladies and gentlemen and listen to this - the debate we held at our fourth Special Meeting - the 2017 Stormont Mixer. The House convened in the Long Gallery of Parliament Buildings, Stormont to debate the motion, This House Believes Western Politics is Inherently Sexist.

I hope you enjoy!

Literific Christmas Mini-Debates 2017

Good evening, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and listen to this - the very Christmassy (and bawdy) twelfth Ordinary Meeting of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society!

For our Christmas debate this year, we had three mini-debates:

This House Would Be Dramatic

This House Believes The Literific is an Old Boys' Club

This House Would Be Naughty Rather Than Nice

As always, you can download the recording from here, or subscribe to our podcast via iTunes. I hope you enjoy!

This House Believes Free Will Does Not Exist

Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Literific! It is my pleasure to present to you the recording of the eleventh Ordinary Meeting of our 169th Session,  "This House Believes Free Will Does Not Exist". 

As always, you can download the recording from here, or subscribe to our podcast via iTunes. I hope you enjoy!

This House Believes Trump Will Destroy the Planet

Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Literific! It is my pleasure to present to you the recording of the tenth Ordinary Meeting of the Society,  "This House Believes Trump Will Destroy the Planet". 
As always, you can download the recording from here, or subscribe to our podcast via iTunes. I hope you enjoy!

This House Regrets the Rise of Positive Discrimination (Godkin Debate)

Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Literific! It is my pleasure to present to you the recording of the ninth Ordinary Meeting of the Society, where the House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Regrets the Rise of Positive Discrimination". However, to call this an Ordinary Meeting is to diminish its importance, as this week, eight speakers competed to be crowned champion of the Godkin Novice Debate 2017!

As always, you can download the recording from here, or subscribe to our podcast via iTunes. I hope you enjoy!

This House Would Stop Funding for Mars Exploration

Hello, hello, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Literific! It is my pleasure to present to you the recording of the eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Society, where the House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Would Stop Funding for Mars Exploration". 
As always, you can download the recording from here, or subscribe to our podcast via iTunes. I hope you enjoy!

This House Believes NI Can Have a Post-Sectarian Election

Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Literific! It is my pleasure to present to you the recording of the seventh Ordinary Meeting of the Society, where the House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Believes NI Can Have a Post-Sectarian Election". 
As always, you can download the recording from here, or subscribe to our podcast via iTunes. I hope you enjoy!

Speaking for the Proposition were Mr Kilian Thornton, Mr Fionnbharr Rodgers and Mr Edmund Doherty, with Mr John McDonald, Mr Ciaran Gallagher and Mr Hugh Dobbin speaking for the Opposition.

This House Would Blaspheme

Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Literific! It is my pleasure to present to you the recording of the fifth Ordinary Meeting of the Society, where the House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Would Blaspheme". 
As always, you can download the recording from here, or subscribe to our podcast via iTunes. I hope you enjoy!

Speaking for the Proposition were Mr Ryan Neill, Mr Scott Moore, Mr Conor Lockhart and Mr Liam Mackle, with Ms Erin Burnett, Ms Sarah Gallen, Mr Daniel Lowe and Mr Morgan Hickman speaking for the Opposition. We would also like to thank the Reverend Dr Paul Bailie for guest-chairing the debate!

This House Would Negotiate With Terrorists

Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Literific! It is my pleasure to present to you the recording of the fifth Ordinary Meeting of the Society, where the House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Would Negotiate With Terrorists". 

Speaking for the Proposition were Mr Fionnbharr Rodgers HLM, Mr Scott Moore, Mr Ciaran Gallagher HLM and Mr Derek Crosby, with Mr Conor MacNamara, Ms Lauren Carberry O'Neill, Mr Hugh Dobbin and Mr Ali Raja. We would also like to thank Mr William Graham for chairing the debate!

This House Would Enforce Equal Marriage on NI

Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Literific! It is my pleasure to present to you the recording of the fourth Ordinary Meeting of the Society, where the House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Would Enforce Equal Marriage on NI". I hope you enjoy!

This House Regrets the British Empire

Behold - the recording of the third Ordinary Meeting of the 169th Session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society - "This House Regrets the British Empire"! 

This House Believes Islam is Compatible with Western Liberalism

Good day, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Literific! Here is the recording of the second Ordinary Meeting of our 169th Session, where the house convened to discuss the motion, "This House Believes Islam is Compatible with Western Liberalism". 

Speaking for the Proposition were Ms Aicha Belabbes, Mr Fionnbharr Rodgers and Mr Ali Raja, with Mr Edmund Doherty, Mr Conn O Neill and Mr Conor MacNamara speaking for the Opposition. We would also like to thank Dr Livingstone Thompson for guest-chairing this debate.

Enjoy the recording!

This House Would Not Go To Queen's

Good evening, good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen and listen to this - the recording of the first Ordinary Meeting of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! 

The House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Would Not go to Queen's", and the debate was guest-chaired by former SU President and Pirate Captain, Mr. Ciaran Gallagher. Speaking for the Proposition were Ms Lilianna Vetter, Ms Ciara Campbell and Mr Olly Donnelly, with Mr Peter Moor, Mr Matthew Sullivan and Mr Hugh Dobbin speaking for the Opposition. Unfortunately, the recording starts about two minutes into the meeting due to a small mishap, but apart from that prepare for an incredibly well-argued and lively debate.

I hope you enjoy this recording!

This House Believes Online Dating is the Death of Romance

Good evening, good evening, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this - the third special meeting of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! The house convened on the 21st September 2017 to debate the motion, "This House Believes Online Dating is the Death of Romance".

Speaking for the proposition were Mr Shea Glasgow, Ms Ellie Newton and Mr James McAllister, with Mr Fionnbharr Rodgers, Mr Jonny Finlay and Dr Stephen Goss speaking for the opposition. The recording can be downloaded from iTunes or in mp3 form from here: https://archive.org/download/THB-ODitDoR/THB_OnlineDatingistheDeathOfRomance.mp3

This House Believes The Book is Better Than The Film

Greetings to you all, and welcome to this: the second special meeting of the one hundred and sixty-ninth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! On this particular occasion, the House convened at Q-Con, the largest gaming and anime convention in the UK or Ireland and organised by QUB Dragonslayers to discuss the motion: "This House Believes the Book is Better than the Film". Speaking for the Proposition were Mr. Matthew Bradley and Miss Ciara Campbell, and speaking for the Opposition were Mr. Shea Glasgow and Mr. Conor Ardill.

General Election Debate 2017

Hello! Hello! And welcome to this! The first special meeting of the one hundred and sixty-ninth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! On this particular occasion, the House convened to perform a special eight-person debate, with each two person team representing one of the four main political parties of the United Kingdom. Thanks for listening!

This House Believes Cultural Appropriation Is Cultural Appreciation

Good evening one and all! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the twenty fourth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and sixty-eighth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! For out final debate of this session the house convened to debate "This House Believes Cultural Appropriation is Cultural Appreciation".

This House Believes All Nationalism Leads To Xenophobia

Good evening one and all! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the twenty third ordinary meeting of the one hundred and sixty-eighth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! For this our first debate since returning from the Easter break the House convened to discuss the motion of "This House Believes All Nationalism Leads To Xenophobia".

Dufferin Debate - THW Introduce Supervised Injecting Centres For Drug Addicts

Good evening one and all! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the twenty second ordinary meeting of the one hundred and sixty-eighth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! For this our Annual Dufferin Speaker of the Year Debate the House convened to discuss the motion of "This House Would Introduce Supervised Injecting Centres For Drug Addicts".

This House Would Abolish Grammar Schools

Good evening one and all! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the twenty first ordinary meeting of the one hundred and sixty-eighth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! For this debate the House convened to discuss the motion of "This House Would Abolish Grammar Schools".

This House Would Reintroduce Capital Punishment

Good evening one and all! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the twentieth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and sixty-eighth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! For this debate the House in conjunction with the QUB Law Society convened to discuss the motion of "This House Would Reintroduce Capital Punishment".

This House Would Keep The NHS Free At The Point Of Use

Good afternoon one and all! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the nineteenth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and sixty-eighth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! For this debate the House convened to discuss the motion of "This House Would Keep The NHS Free At The Point Of Use".

This House Would Abolish Safe Spaces

Good afternoon one and all! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the eighteenth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and sixty-eighth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! For this debate the House convened to discuss the motion of "This House Would Abolish Safe Spaces".

This House Believes Animals Are Not A Commodity

Good afternoon one and all! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the seventeenth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and sixty-eighth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! For this debate the House convened to discuss the motion of "This House Believes Animals Are Not A Commodity".

This House Would Oppose The Marketisation Of Higher Education

Good afternoon one and all! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the sixteenth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and sixty-eighth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! For this debate the House convened to discuss the motion of "This House Would Oppose The Marketisation Of Higher Education".

This House Welcomes Stormont's Collapse

Good afternoon one and all! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the fifteenth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and sixty-eighth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! For this debate the Hose convened to discuss the motion of "This House Welcomes Stormont's Collapse".

This House Supports A Post Brexit United Ireland

Good afternoon one and all! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the fourteenth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and sixty-eighth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! For this debate the House convened to discuss the motion of "This House Supports a Post Brexit United Ireland".

This House Would Allow Women Monthly Menstruation Leave

Good evening one and all! It is my pleasure to welcome you to the thirteenth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and sixty-eighth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! For this our first debate of the 2nd semester, the House convened to discuss the motion of "This House Would Allow Women Monthly Menstruation Leave". 

This House Supports the Advocacy of Men's Issues Explicitly Independent of Women's Issues - 2016 QUB IV Final

It is my pleasure to present to you all the recording of our 2016 Annual QUB Intervarsity Competition! The motion was that of "TH Supports the Advocacy of Men's Issues Explicitly Independent of Women's Issues", I hope you all enjoy what was a debate of the highest quality which made for a fitting conclusion to a great weekend!