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		<title>Public Sector Strikes Public Debate &#8211; 20th of Jan, 18:30 &#8211; 20:00, Arts Main Lecture Theatre</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 30th November 2011, tens of thousands of people joined rallies around the UK as a public sector strike over pensions disrupted schools, hospitals and other services. About two-thirds of state schools shut, and thousands of hospital operations were postponed, as unions estimated up to two million people went on strike. The TUC called it &#8220;the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debatingsociety.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3548802&amp;post=658&amp;subd=debatingsociety&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Statement from the Debating Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent speculation on facebook and other forms of social media have led to the necessity of The Debating Society clarifying its position on various events in the last few days. We hope that this statement is able to provide some information that sheds some light on what has happened so far, and specifically explains the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debatingsociety.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3548802&amp;post=653&amp;subd=debatingsociety&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Israel / Palestine Question Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Thursday 24th November, 19:00=21:30, Avon Room (University Centre) The most anticipated debate of the year has finally arrived! The University of Birmingham Debating Society presents &#8220;Israel &#38; Palestine Question Time Debate&#8221; in conjunction with Jsoc and Friends of Palestine! From 7:00pm-7:45pm there&#8217;ll be a drinks reception in the foyer of the avon room, (non-alcoholic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debatingsociety.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3548802&amp;post=638&amp;subd=debatingsociety&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Capitalism Public Debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Society – the way people are generally accustomed, organised, and interact with each other. Often this is taken as something which just “is” that can never be changed, either radically or gradually. We live in a predominantly capitalist world &#8211; an economic system characterized by private ownership and control over the means of production. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debatingsociety.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3548802&amp;post=626&amp;subd=debatingsociety&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Debate: Prisoners&#8217; Right to Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arts building &#8211; 18.30-20.00 &#8211; 20th of October In April 2001, the British High Court rejected a case brought by John Hirst, a man serving a life sentence for manslaughter, who argued that the ban on prisoners voting was incompatible with the Human Rights Act 1998. In March 2004, the European Court of Human Rights [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debatingsociety.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3548802&amp;post=606&amp;subd=debatingsociety&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Riot Public Debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[06 October · 18:30 &#8211; 20:00 Arts Main Lecture Theatre &#160; On 6th August 2011 riots erupted in Tottenham with police cars, a bus and shops being set on fire following a protest demanding justice over the fatal police shooting of Mark Duggan. In the week following riots broke out in Birmingham, Croydon, Manchester, Gloucester, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debatingsociety.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3548802&amp;post=602&amp;subd=debatingsociety&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Refresh&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, You&#8217;ll notice that we&#8217;ve done some updating around here. As well as usual information (dates, events etc.), we&#8217;ve made a bigger change to our calendar. It is now not only more extensive, but now has hyper-links to all of the events listed, including Facebook events for all of the public debates. This should [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debatingsociety.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3548802&amp;post=595&amp;subd=debatingsociety&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World Rankings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the World Debating blog based on the last five World Debating Championships, the University of Birmingham Debating Society is currently 96th best Debating Society in the World. Filed under: Debating Society News<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debatingsociety.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3548802&amp;post=562&amp;subd=debatingsociety&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Steve McCabe Speaks To Students About The Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve McCabe, who featured in our candidate debate just two days before the BBC election debate with the Prime Ministerial candidates, recently returned to our University to speak out on the tuition fees cap and the cuts in general. Steve told students it is “not good enough for Lib Dem MPs to abstain from voting [on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debatingsociety.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3548802&amp;post=556&amp;subd=debatingsociety&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coalition Betrayal Destroys Chagos Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The depths of coalition betrayal, their broken promises, stretch far below the higher education cuts. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition has backtracked on the pre-election promises made to the Chagos Islanders. To explain the injustice of this decision, let me tell you a story. Many miles away, in the glittering Indian Ocean, lie some sixty islands. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=debatingsociety.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3548802&amp;post=550&amp;subd=debatingsociety&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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