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| Date | Tournament | Round | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-09 | Bogwall Novices | 1 | THW require sports teams to be owned by their local communities, as opposed to corporations or individuals |
| 2020-10-09 | Bogwall Novices | 2 | THW ban public debates between candidates in the runup to elections |
| 2020-10-09 | Bogwall Novices | 3 | THBT the environmentalist movement should lobby for legislative change (e.g. emissions trading schemes, banning fracking) rather than individual action (e.g. recycling, reducing car usage) |
| 2020-10-09 | Bogwall Novices | 4 | THBT Western states should support local rebel groups (e.g. by funding them and giving them intel) as opposed to direct military intervention in other states |
| 2020-10-09 | Bogwall Novices | Open_Semi | In times of public crises (e.g. epidemics, natural disasters), THBT the government should be temporarily replaced by technocrats |
| 2020-10-09 | Bogwall Novices | Open_Final | THBT the nominees and the winners of the Oscars should always be decided by public vote |
| 2014-10-25 | Bogwall (SSDC Novices) | 1 | THW force companies to pay their interns |
| 2014-10-25 | Bogwall (SSDC Novices) | 2 | THW out closeted LGBT sports stars |
| 2014-10-25 | Bogwall (SSDC Novices) | 3 | THW allocate votes inversely proportional to wealth (where everyone gets at least one vote) |
| 2014-10-25 | Bogwall (SSDC Novices) | 4 | THW allow single parents to raise their children in prison |
| 2014-10-25 | Bogwall (SSDC Novices) | Open_Semis | THBT the West should use ground troops against the Islamic State |
| 2014-10-25 | Bogwall (SSDC Novices) | Open_Final | THW require British political parties to field 50% female candidates in national elections |
| 2013-11-15 | Bogwall | 1 | THBT the (same-sex couples) Marriage Bill 2013 should remove the right of religious institutions to refuse to perform same-sex marriages |
| 2013-11-15 | Bogwall | 2 | THBT past colonial empires should pay reparations to their former colonies who are still classed as developing |
| 2013-11-15 | Bogwall | 3 | THBT feminist political activists should form a separate political party based on feminist ideology, rather than joining existing parties |
| 2013-11-15 | Bogwall | 4 | THW Pay Additional Benefits to Families on Welfare Whose Children are Excelling in School |
| 2013-11-15 | Bogwall | Open_Semis | THBT America should refuse to engage with any attempts to end cyber warfare |
| 2013-11-15 | Bogwall | Open_Final | TH, as Sherlock Holmes, Would accept the henchman’s offer. |
| 2012-10-20 | Bogwall (SSDC Novices) | 1 | THW legalise polygamy |
| 2012-10-20 | Bogwall (SSDC Novices) | 2 | THW financially incentivise voting |
| 2012-10-20 | Bogwall (SSDC Novices) | 3 | THBT the West should impose sanctions on Israel until it disbands its nuclear programme and relinquishes control of all nuclear weapons |
| 2012-10-20 | Bogwall (SSDC Novices) | 4 | THW ban protests at any event connected to a military funeral |
| 2012-10-20 | Bogwall (SSDC Novices) | Open_Semis | TH supports Scottish independence |
| 2012-10-20 | Bogwall (SSDC Novices) | Open_Final | THW out closeted LGBT public figures |
| 2011-11-18 | Bogwall | 1 | This house would ban under 18's from appearing on reality TV shows |
| 2011-11-18 | Bogwall | 2 | This house would ban all space exploration for the foreseeable future |
| 2011-11-18 | Bogwall | 3 | This house would globally create a tax on financial transactions |
| 2011-11-18 | Bogwall | 4 | This house would apply all libel law to content produced on social networking sites |
| 2011-11-18 | Bogwall | Open_Final | This house would euthanise all people on their 80th brithday |