Location: Old Bank of England pub, Fleet Street, with exceptions noted. Monday meetings unless noted.
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20th October 2003
AGM followed by “The events of the week.”
Opener: Gwyn Redgers
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Tuesday, 18th November 2003
“This House is willing to have its DNA recorded and held by a responsible authority.”
Proposed by: Maureen Mahon
Opposed by: Adrian Redgers (of the Cogers)
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Tuesday, 9th December 2003
“This House wishes that Ken Livingstone and Tony Blair could be ‘taken to Tyburn’.”
Proposed by: Margaret Saville
Opposed by: Eric Brent
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19th January 2004
“This House believes that the concept of greatness has been debased in our culture in favour of the celebrity.”
Proposed by: Alina Goldschmidt
Opposed by: an unknown guest speaker
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16th February 2004
“This House considers that over-concentration on teachers’ performance destroys that performance.”
Proposed by: Nigel Kynoch Clark
Opposed by: Dorinda Harwood
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Thursday, 11th March 2004
Visit to the Kingston Debating Society on the topic of “That the British courts should abandon the adversarial system in favour of the inquisitorial .”
Proposed by: unknown (presumably a Kingston member)
Opposed by: Maureen Mahon
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15th March 2004
Annual Business Meeting followed by “This House feels that public debate achieves nothing, those in charge still follow their own agenda.”
Proposed by: R. Lionel Haywood
Opposed by: Donald Leon Soon
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Friday, 21st May 2004
Annual Dinner Debate: “This House would support the practice of classical Greece for every citizen to serve one day of his / her life as a member of parliament.”
Proposed by: unknown
Opposed by: unknown
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19th July 2004
Summer debate: “This House believes that running the country is too important to be left to politicians.”
Proposed by: David Cozens
Opposed by: Alex Young