[Debatewise RRT] Re: merry christmas - A sack full of debates for you!
- From: Harriet Lowe <tehexile@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:15:03 +0000
i'll take the eurostar one if it is not already up, i don't see it though.
it might take a little longer than usual.
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 1:42 PM, <macmarie123@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'll take:
> The tories have everything to lose from a TV debate.
>
> Have a good Chistmas.
> Thanks
>
> Marie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nadia siddiqi <nadshi@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 3:59
> Subject: [Debatewise RRT] Re: merry christmas - A sack full of debates for
> you!
>
> I'll take blame China
> isn't the Eurostar debate already up?
>
> Nadia
> Happy holidays to Alex & all :D
>
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:00 PM, <rogers.lewis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys, I'll take 'Cut degrees to two years'.
>>
>> Enjoy the holidays guys.
>>
>> Lewis
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"Alex Helling" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Date: *Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:24:24 -0000
>> *To: *<debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Subject: *[Debatewise RRT] merry christmas - A sack full of debates for
>> you!
>>
>> Merry Christmas everyone.
>>
>> Some debates for festive cheer! I have no idea if you will have the time
>> or inclination to write any debates over this festive week but I thought I
>> had better give you the option even if you don’t take me up on them. My
>> apologies for the debates being a day late, I was too busy with Christmas
>> shopping yesterday to get round to finding debates.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> *Debates:*
>>
>> *Cut degrees to two years.*
>> Universities face a funding squeeze from the government, students don’t
>> want to pay more fees and anyway are getting further and further into debt
>> while the worth of a degree is increasingly being questioned. If the
>> government still wants more students to go to university is reducing the
>> length of a degree to two years the only option?
>>
>> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/mandelson-do-your-degree-in-two-years-1848107.html
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/23/two-year-degrees-mandelson-proposals
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/dec/23/academics-vice-chancellors-universities-mandelson
>>
>> *Pay more to prepare Britain for snow.*
>> Britain has once again ground to a halt due to the snow. There has been a
>> chorus of criticism, the government should have prepared more! Councils
>> don’t get enough gritters out! Our transport system should not freeze up!
>> Indeed we could prepare better, but it would cost a pretty penny to do it,
>> for a relatively mild Britain it is not considered worthwhile. A more
>> unpredictable climate as climate change begins to bite might however change
>> that.
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2009/dec/23/road-gritting-public-services
>>
>> http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/12/23/we-don-t-have-enough-snow-to-budget-for-it-91466-25453895/
>>
>> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6965674.ece
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-157784/Snow-chaos-costs-150m.html
>>
>> *China is to blame for the failure at Copenhagen.*
>> There is plenty of blame to go around for the failure to reach much of an
>> agreement on climate change at Copenhagen. AoSIS and the G77 pushed too hard
>> preventing a deal between negotiators. The US would not shift their
>> position. Chavez and other left wing Latin American governments tried to
>> destroy the Copenhagen Accord. And finally China refused to budge on
>> anything of significance getting more inflexible as the conference went on.
>> So as the final spanner in the works does China have to carry the can?
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6859567/Gordon-Brown-Copenhagen-China.html
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/21/copenhagen-failure-us-senate-vested-interests
>> http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6848407.html
>>
>> *The tories have everything to lose from a TV debate.*
>> There is an agreement between the three main UK political parties to have
>> three TV debates between the leaders of the parties. There may be more
>> between ministers and their shadows as well. The liberal democrats the big
>> winners and the little parties the losers as they are not invited. This is a
>> big gamble for the conservatives. As they are in the lead they risk throwing
>> it away if Gordon Brown gets the better of David Cameron. On the other hand
>> the conservatives get a chance to show that Brown’s problems are essentially
>> of his own making, that while he acts like a leader on the world stage his
>> policies at home have not been too successful. Either way democracy is the
>> winner.
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/6860005/David-Cameron-will-take-on-Gordon-Brown-in-election-TV-debate.html
>>
>> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2009/12/david-cameron-debates-brown
>>
>> http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/matthew-norman/matthew-norman-politics-needs-bringing-to-life-and-this-might-just-do-the-trick-1848129.html
>>
>> *Brown has been a disaster as PM.*
>> John Hutton has admitted that it was him who said that Brown would be a
>> disaster as Prime Minister a few years ago when the trench warfare between
>> the Brown and Blair camps was at its height. This, along with us nearing an
>> election, seems like a good time to take stock of Brown’s failures and
>> accomplishments as Prime Minister. Global deals to save us from the
>> financial crisis, more aid to developing counties, attempting to be green,
>> foiling terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow etc. So a disaster?
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/dec/22/john-hutton-gordon-brown-disaster
>> http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2009/10/gordon-browns-top-ten-dithers.html
>>
>> http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/steve-richards/review-of-the-year-2009-brown-vs-cameron-1847866.html
>>
>> *Can el Sistema work in the UK?*
>> El Sistema the hugely successful Venezuelan scheme for bringing young
>> people together through classical music. It is credited with helping to
>> reduce crime by giving youngsters something constructive to do. With our
>> obsession with ASBO’s and anti social behaviour in Britain copying the
>> system is something that some think might have results in Britain as well.
>> On the other hand the youngsters may be less enthusiastic, they are more
>> likely to already be exposed to music, are likely to have radio’s and
>> personal stereos already and Classical music is definitely uncool.
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalmusic/6866818/El-Sistema-when-music-cuts-crime-and-saves-lives.html
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4457278.stm
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/tomserviceblog/2008/jun/25/thenewsthatelsistema
>>
>> *Money undermines sport’s values.*
>> The more money a sport gains the more it seems to move away from its core
>> values and it seems the more likely there is to be cheats. Of course the
>> more money there is as a reward the greater the incentive is to cheat to get
>> that money. This year there have been numerous cases of cheating being
>> caught such as the crashing of a F1 car, fake injuries and blood in Rugby
>> and a new hand of god from Thierry Henry. Should sport try to limit the
>> rewards given for winning compared to taking part like American Football
>> where the less successful teams are helped out?
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/6866578/2009-was-the-year-of-the-sporting-scandal.html
>> http://www.squidoo.com/badbehavior
>>
>> *Gladstone the UK’s greatest politician.*
>> Referred to within his own lifetime as the ‘Grand Old Man’ four times
>> prime minister totalling 13 years; introduced elementary education to
>> England, legalized trade unions and tried to bring about Irish home rule. A
>> man of grand vision and an idealist goals like promoting harmonious state
>> system for Europe and ethical foreign policy, attacking imperialism.
>> Possible competitors for the crown; William Pitt the younger, Robert
>> Warpole, Churchill, Thatcher, David Lloyd George...
>>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/6868274/How-the-great-Mr-Gladstone-saved-our-fallen-country.html
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/michaelcrick/2009/12/the_legacy_of_gladstone.html
>> I wonder if it might be an idea to have something like this as a
>> competition style with us each taking someone to advocate as the
>> greatest....
>>
>> *The US political system needs reforming.*
>> Gridlock in congress is pretty normal. As party lines slowly grow wider
>> apart and the moderate middle is squeezed out of American politics a working
>> Congress gets less and less likely as moderate deals can’t be done. The
>> other side can always filibuster things they don’t like. At the same time
>> those bills that do get through congress often have lots of ‘pork’ added on
>> top to make sure they get through, often costing the taxpayers millions,
>> like the famous bridge to nowhere in Alaska. Does the US political system
>> need reforming?
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/dec/13/america-broken-political-system-obama
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/23/us-government-tax-reform-crisis
>>
>> *Eurostar was unfairly hammered for its problems.*
>> Numerous Eurostar trains failed, including many in the tunnel itself.
>> Thousands of passengers were stranded unable to head home over Christmas.
>> Service is now returning after three days of no trains. Eurostar has been
>> vilified in the Press. However things have been as bad with other methods of
>> transport; particularly the roads and the airlines. Has Eurostar been
>> unfairly treated by the press?
>> http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2370897
>> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article6964944.ece
>>
>> http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/simon-calder-it-is-down-to-travellers-to-lower-their-expectations-1848111.html
>>
>> *Season’s Greetings rather than Merry Christmas?*
>> In a multi-faith Country we should not be wishing everyone a Merry
>> Christmas but rather we should follow the Americans in wishing Season’s
>> Greetings. Should we be celebrating ‘Christmas’ when most of our population
>> no longer practices Christianity? It is however still a tradition and while
>> we are no longer practicing Christians we still think of the UK as a
>> Christian country. Anyhow does the naming really matter, Christmas is today
>> as much a promotion commercialism as it is for Christianity.
>>
>> http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23378647-brits-reject-secularising-christmas.do
>>
>> http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bal-keillorletter1223c,0,2419539.story
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/23/us/23tree.html
>>
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