Dufferin Debate - This House Regrets Western Intervention in Global Conflicts

Hello, hello, one and all! And welcome to this! The nineteenth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and seventy-sixth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! The House convened to host the annual Dufferin Competition for Speaker of the Year, and to discuss the motion "This House Regrets Western Intervention in Global Conflicts".

Speaking for the Proposition were Jack Steele, Elliott Dickie, Dhivyah Chandrasegaran, and Ella McMullin, and speaking for the Opposition were Beth Lynam, Henry O'Riordan, Daniel Devenney, and Matthew Spratt.

Timestamps as follows:

(00:00:00) Order, order!

(00:00:34) Welcome by Prof. Richard Miles, QUB Provost

(00:09:04) Minutes

(00:16:19) Opening Remarks by Prof. Alister Miskimmon, Guest Chair

(00:20:21) Announcements

(00:21:23) Private Members’ Business

(00:28:36) President's Questions

(00:31:47) Address by Suzanne Martin, Special Guest

(00:39:46) Rules of the Debate

(00:40:46) Jack Steele, First Prop

(00:47:50) Beth Lynam, First Opp

(00:55:02) Elliott Dickie, Second Prop

(01:00:25) Henry O'Riordan, Second Opp

(01:07:15) Dhivyah Chandrasegaran, Third Prop

(01:14:56) Daniel Devenney, Third Opp

(01:22:28) Ella McMullin, Fourth Prop

(01:29:31) Matthew Spratt, Fourth Opp

(01:37:34) Closing Remarks by Prof. Alister Miskimmon, Guest Chair

(01:40:49) Questions from the House

(01:49:17) Thanks from Richard James, Special Guest

(01:50:42) Announcement of the Winners

(01:51:38) Thanks from Dermot Hamill, President

(01:52:33) Meeting adjourned!

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This House Regrets The Rise of Online Activism

Hello, hello, one and all! And welcome to this! The eighteenth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and seventy-sixth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! The House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Regrets the Rise of Online Activism".

Speaking for the Proposition were George Farnon, Noah Ralphs, and Ebram Salib, and speaking for the Opposition were Ella McMullin, JP Coyle, and Jack Murray.

Timestamps as follows:

(00:00:00) Order, order!

(00:00:56) Minutes

(00:07:59) Announcements

(00:11:43) Private Members’ Business

(00:22:59) President's Questions

(00:26:46) Vote of Prior Opinion

(00:28:14) Rules of the Debate

(00:29:15) George Farnon, First Prop

(00:35:58) Ella McMullin, First Opp

(00:43:14) Noah Ralphs, Second Prop

(00:50:17) JP Coyle, Second Opp

(00:56:21) Ebram Salib, Third Prop

(01:03:08) Jack Murray, Third Opp

(01:09:47) Questions from the House

(01:17:22) The Vote

(01:18:31) Announcement Recap

(01:19:34) Meeting adjourned!

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This House Believes it is Time for the Irish Government to Prepare for Unity

Hello, hello, one and all! And welcome to this! The third special meeting of the one hundred and seventy-sixth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! This was a special Inter-Varsity debate in collaboration with the Trinity College Dublin College Historical Society. The House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Believes it is Time for the Irish Government to Prepare for Unity".

Speaking for the Proposition were Noah Ralphs, Molly Mullan Haslam, James Tourish, and Ritvik Kumar, and speaking for the Opposition were Beth Lynam, Ella O'Neill, Jonathan Massey, and Eoin Connolly. Guest-Chairing for the afternoon was the former foreign-policy editor of The Irish Times, Dr. Paul Gillespie.

Timestamps as follows:

(00:00:00) Order, order!

(00:00:15) Welcome by Adam Rainbolt, TCD Hist Secretary

(00:01:19) Introduction by Dermot Hamill, QUB Literific President

(00:02:30) Remarks by Dr. Paul Gillespie, Guest Chair

(00:02:58) Noah Ralphs, First Prop

(00:10:34) Beth Lynam, First Opp

(00:17:18) Molly Mullan Haslam, Second Prop

(00:24:26) Ella O'Neill, Second Opp

(00:32:00) James Tourish, Third Prop

(00:39:37) Jonathan Massey, Third Opp

(00:47:06) Ritvik Kumar, Fourth Prop

(00:54:25) Eoin Connolly, Fourth Opp

(01:01:44) A Few Thoughts and the Vote

(01:03:35) Closing Remarks from Dr. Paul Gillespie, Guest Chair

(01:13:23) Closing Remarks from Dermot Hamill, President

(01:14:11) Meeting adjourned!

This House Regrets The Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence

Hello, hello, one and all! And welcome to this! The seventeenth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and seventy-sixth session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! The House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Regrets the Proliferation of Artificial Intelligence".

Speaking for the Proposition were Aoife McAuley, Michael Herron, Katie Ryan, and Jonathan Massey, and speaking for the Opposition were Tiarnan Smith, Elliott Dickie, Liam Harte, and Jonathan Deronja.

Timestamps as follows:

(00:00:00) Order, order!

(00:00:28) Minutes

(00:08:12) Announcements

(00:10:14) Private Members’ Business

(00:16:29) President's Questions

(00:21:52) Vote of Prior Opinion

(00:23:28) Rules of the Debate

(00:24:09) Aoife McAuley, First Prop

(00:31:51) Tiarnan Smith, First Opp

(00:38:40) Michael Herron, Second Prop

(00:46:10) Elliott Dickie, Second Opp

(00:53:55) Katie Ryan, Third Prop

(01:01:18) Liam Harte, Third Opp

(01:06:59) Jonathan Massey, Fourth Prop

(01:14:39) Jonathan Deronja, Fourth Opp

(01:21:44) Questions from the House

(01:30:27) The Vote

(01:31:48) Announcement Recap

(01:32:41) Meeting adjourned!

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