[Debatewise RRT] Re: Debates
- From: Michael Archer <mikearcher87@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:28:55 +0000 (GMT)
Hi all,
Alex, sorry I havn't made any contributions for the past few weeks, I've been
moving to Brussels and have had very little free time.
Can I please take Does it matter if David Cameron and the Tories are adopting
a Pro-Unionist stance in Northern Ireland?
I'll post it up by Thursday night.
Mike
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From: Alex Helling <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 26 January, 2010 19:10:52
Subject: [Debatewise RRT] Debates
Evening everyone,
I think that the first week of the new system was pretty
successful, most of the RRT debates I put up were nicely filled in with the
exception of the one on whether Haiti will need to be occupied. I have to admit
this is partially my fault as I picked it with the intention of doing some of
it myself but as I was ill over the weekend I did not get around to it.
Hopefully I will do it at some point this week.
Alex
Debates:
On site:
Aid to Haiti should focus on rebuilding institutions not
buildings.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/232080
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/01/25/daniel-rodriguez-haiti-dominican-republic-merge/
http://www.cfr.org/publication/21214/rebuilding_haiti.html
Can Humanity outgrow war?
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2010/01/25/can_the_human_race_outgrow_war/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/10/religion-ethics-war-armistice
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0414-11.htm
Aliens are likely to be just like us.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/jan/25/aliens-space-earth-humans
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=will-e-t-look-like-us
Does Gordon Brown deserve praise for stabilising the
economy.
http://business.scotsman.com/business/UK-economy-faces-39decade-of.5988724.jp
Should the British and Irish PM’s, and even the USA
always step in when there is a crisis in Northern Ireland?
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0115/1224262376360.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8480462.stm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7002746.ece
Debates for you to put up:
Bring back prison ships?
Our prisons are full but there is little the government can
do about it. They constantly create more crimes with jail terms and constantly
pile the pressure on judges to give longer and longer periods in prison with
minimum sentences. Alongside this there is an unwillingness to release prisoners
early, it does not go down well with the public. Despite this booming prison
population the government cannot easily and quickly build new prisons. Not
surprisingly local communities object to the idea of having new prisons built
in their area. The Conservatives solution to this problem is to bring back
Prison ships that were phased out in 2005.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8478477.stm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7001668.ece
Is Britain now out of the recession for good.
Britain is finally out of recession. However growth is not
yet secure and there is the possibility that it may slip, exports rely upon the
weak sterling that could change if the overall economy improves. The banks may
be in a better financial position but carry on the same way they always did.
Overall
the prospects still look bleak for ordinary workers for some time yet so it is
unlikely to feel like their is much of a recovery for some time yet.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/25/recession-britain-economy-labour
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/david-prosser-the-real-life-recession-will-continue-1878932.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/6866817/Charles-Goodhart-warns-of-return-to-recession-as-bank-lending-falls.html
Does it matter if David Cameron and the Tories are adopting
a Pro-Unionist stance in Northern Ireland?
David Cameron has been hosting meetings between the Ulster Unionists
and Democratic Unionists in a effort to help them sort out their differences.
He may at the same time be ruining his chances of being seen as an independent
broker in Northern Ireland should he get into Downing Street because he may
well be seen as being pro-Unionist. However Cameron may well want the votes of
Northern Irish parties in Westminster should he win by a narrow margin. And
after all he claims that he is trying to help not hinder the peace process.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jan/25/tories-northern-island-gordon-brown
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2010/jan/21/henry-mcdonald-tories-unionists-cameron
http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/periscope/tory-leader-davd-cameron-may-destroy-irish-peace-process-82411112.html
Would it be wrong to allow Colonel Gaddaffi’s son
to take over Portsmouth FC?
Britain has been slowly establishing closer relations with Libya
since it gave up its nuclear program. Colonel Gaddaffi’s son ... is like
many with lots of money eyeing the prize of a football club in the English
Premier
League as somewhere to spend his millions. However these millions are earned
due to his closeness to the Libyan state. And Libya itself may be improving but
it is hardly a free country. But still we are a free country so should we allow
him to take over a football club?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jan/26/football-trasnfer-rumours-huntelaar-arsenal
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/4871613.Gadaffi__to_buy_Pompey_/
Is it acceptable that the £1.5bn pledged to fight climate
change by the UK will come mainly from existing overseas aid funds?
Activists demanded that all money that goes to fight climate
change should be new money not simply money being shuffled around between
different
aid budgets or labelled as taking two roles. However a leaked email exchange
implies that this is precisely what is already happening, the money is not new
but is being diverted from other areas of the Department for International
Development’s
budget. Budgets are tight at the moment so aid (despite guarantees) is bound to
be squeezed and this is more likely to occur in other areas. Will there really
be any new money for fighting climate change?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/25/climate-aid-uk-funding
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60O0WL20100125
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/HHVU-7X9E2N?OpenDocument
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