Friday, 14 November 2025

This House Believes Beauty Is Pain

Hello, hello, one and all! And welcome to this! The ninth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and seventy-seventh session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! This particular meeting was held in conjunction with the QUB Lore Society, and the House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Believes Beauty Is Pain".


Speaking for the Proposition and representing the Lore Society were Alysha Healy, Eilish Monaghan, Eniola Isaaxand David Martin, and speaking for the Opposition were Elizabeth Noble, Florence Dairo, Anya Saluja, and Emma Jane Culleton.


Timestamps as follows:


(00:00:00) Order, order!

(00:02:14) President's Questions

(00:06:51) Private Members’ Business

(00:19:51) Minutes

(00:29:05) Vote of Prior Opinion

(00:30:35) Rules of the Debate

(00:32:58) Alysha Healy, First Prop

(00:40:01) Elizabeth Noble, First Opp

(00:47:50) Eilish Monaghan, Second Prop

(00:54:33) Florence Dairo, Second Opp

(01:02:14) Eniola Isaax, Third Prop

(01:07:54) Anya Saluja, Third Opp

(01:14:41) David Martin, Fourth Prop

(01:20:17) Emma Jane Culleton, Fourth Opp

(01:28:07) Questions from the House

(01:34:53) The Vote

(01:38:12) Announcements

(01:45:19) Meeting adjourned!


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Thursday, 13 November 2025

This House Would Love Thy Neighbour

Hello, hello, one and all! And welcome to this! The eighth ordinary meeting of the one hundred and seventy-seventh session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! The House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Would Love Thy Neighbour".


Speaking for the Proposition were Reuben Cope, Chloe Cotton, Isabella Met, and Matthew Spratt, and speaking for the Opposition were Tom McCormack, George Farnon, Marc Ghaly, and Flynn Nugent.


Timestamps as follows:


(00:00:00) Order, order!

(00:02:05) President's Questions

(00:07:20) Private Members’ Business

(00:20:55) Minutes

(00:29:55) Vote of Prior Opinion

(00:31:27) Rules of the Debate

(00:33:06) Reuben Cope, First Prop

(00:39:15) Tom McCormack, First Opp

(00:46:59) Chloe Cotton, Second Prop

(00:54:08) George Farnon, Second Opp

(01:02:00) Isabella Met, Third Prop

(01:09:10) Marc Ghaly, Third Opp

(01:16:42) Matthew Spratt, Fourth Prop

(01:24:53) Flynn Nugent, Fourth Opp

(01:32:49) Questions from the House

(01:39:35) The Vote

(01:41:40) Announcements

(01:47:24) Meeting adjourned!


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This House Would Rather Be Feared Than Respected

Hello, hello, one and all! And welcome to this! The seventh ordinary meeting of the one hundred and seventy-seventh session of the Queen's University of Belfast Literary and Scientific Society! The House convened to discuss the motion, "This House Would Rather Be Feared Than Respected".


Speaking for the Proposition were Rosa Ivory, Luke Coyle, and James Tourish, and speaking for the Opposition were Luca Barsalini, Nihal Bhatt, and Cormac McEntee.


Timestamps as follows:


(00:00:00) Order, order!

(00:02:03) President's Questions

(00:09:14) Private Members’ Business

(00:23:07) Minutes

(00:31:36) Vote of Prior Opinion

(00:33:05) Rules of the Debate

(00:34:45) Rosa Ivory, First Prop

(00:42:41) Luca Barsalini, First Opp

(00:50:25) Luke Coyle, Second Prop

(00:58:02) Nihal Bhatt, Second Opp

(01:05:52) James Tourish, Third Prop

(01:12:41) Cormac McEntee, Third Opp

(01:20:52) Questions from the House

(01:26:53) The Vote

(01:28:28) Announcements

(01:33:35) Meeting adjourned!


Thanks for listening!