About us
## Nice To Meet You! We're Debate London
Join us and we will teach you how to speak in public, think strategically, and deal with conflict. We will then give you a platform to lead by example in our monthly debates, that are free to attend and open to all, so you can show those in search of a more civil way to examine our differences what it really means to be a great debater.
We provide 2 types of events:
Public Speaking and Debate Training workshops - Instead of inviting guest speakers to sit on our debate panels, we train our members to defend the competing perspectives shaping the debate in their own words and develop the skills that allow our members to tackle any topic and find the arguments for any side.
Public debates - Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month we debate issues that divide public opinion, which this year ranged from inducting Ukraine into NATO and deposing Boris Johnson to falling UK birth rates and fake news. Topics are expressed not as a question, but as a proposal that the audience must vote to accept or reject after hearing all the arguments.
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Do We Need A General Election? - Victoria Debates
The Windsor Castle Pub (Victoria), 23 Francis St, Victoria, SW1P 1EQ, GB7 attendees from 2 groupsThis House Would Call A General Election
Six prime ministers since 2016. A seventh looks imminent, with Andy Burnham tipped to walk into Downing Street without ever facing a national vote for the job.
Why We're Having This Debate
A mandate isn't a technicality. It's what lets an incoming leader stand at the despatch box and say, credibly, that the country asked for this. Without one, a "take-over" PM inherits the office but has to fight for the authority, defending a manifesto nobody actually voted for.
But look at the numbers first. Sir Keir Starmer, or Labour more broadly, is carrying a disapproval rating north of 51%, and the country is as divided as it's been in a generation. Call an election into that kind of volatility and you might not get stability, you might get more of exactly what got us here.
So we're putting it to the floor: does Britain need another general election, or would one just tip an already fractured country further off balance?
So We Ask: Does the UK Need a New General Election?
Articles:
Net Government Approval Ratings 2020 - June 2026 - Statista
Andy Burnham Potential Policies - BBCWhat We Do
3v3 panel debate where our members explore the strongest arguments for a given topic.
A debate should tell the audience what they need to know and not just what the speakers think. If you feel the same way, then we want to meet you.
Debate London is the year-round series of free public debates held weekly at venues across the capital. The series is run by Debate London, a social enterprise that helps its members to advance their personal and professional development by teaching them how to debate.
All of our speakers are Debate London members who have agreed to defend a particular perspective the audience need to hear, rather than just share their own personal opinion. After presenting the point of view assigned to them, the audience are then given the floor to cross-examine them and share their own position.
The only time we hear what the speakers really think is at the end of the debate when they tell us where they really stand and whether this changed at all while learning how to defend the perspective assigned to them.After Debate Social
After all of our debates we have a post debate hang-out. This is a chance for our community to get to know new people, explore new ideas and generally have more fun as a club! Come along and join us for a post-debate social!Venue
Our venues serve drinks (alcoholic and soft drinks) as well as brilliant food. All can be ordered from the bar
Do not bring external food or drink into our venues you will be asked to throw it away or to finish it outside. - This is a venue rule which we need to follow.6 attendees from this group
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