Time For The UK To Nationalise Key Industries? - Victoria Debates

Time For The UK To Nationalise Key Industries? - Victoria Debates

  • UNDER 18 WITH PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN

This House Would Nationalise At-Risk Strategic Industries

By Debate London

Date and time

Wed, 7 May 2025 18:45 - 21:30 GMT+1.

Location

The Windsor Castle

23 Francis Street London SW1P 1DN United Kingdom

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 5 days before event

Agenda

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Arrivals - Grab a drink, order food and get your seat!

Aim to arrive before 19:00 so you can grab a drink & we can start on time.

7:00 PM - 7:10 PM

Event Introductions

Who we are, why we’re here AND our opening audience vote. (Be there or be square)

7:10 PM

Debate Begins

8:00 PM

Break

8:15 PM

Audience Q&A

9:00 PM

Summary Speeches & Closing Votes

9:15 PM

After Debate Social

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours 45 minutes
  • UNDER 18 WITH PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN
  • Paid venue parking

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 club 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.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to participate or can I just watch?

You can get as involved as you like! Our voting audience gets to ask questions to both teams in the Q&A AND decide the winners based on both an opening and a closing vote. If you want to watch and not ask questions, no worries at all!

Is there food?

The Windsor Castle Pub has brilliant food options which the staff will bring up to the room. We have some table available from 18:30 - 19:00 with a limited number being kept during the actual debate. Much of the food like the burgers are easy to eat from the huge seats!

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Debate London

At Debate London we train you to speak in public, think strategically, and deal with conflict. We offer members regular opportunities to participate in our monthly, free-to-attend debates, that are open to all!

Our events tend to fall under 2 categories:

  • Public Speaking and Debate Training workshops, where we train our members to defend arguments in their own words by develop a range of skills
  • Free-to-attend Public debates, where every 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month we debate the issues dividing public opinion. This year topics ranged from NATO membership for Ukraine, to deposing Boris Johnson, 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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