Positions

This position frames the UK lockdown debate around a 'test, trace, isolate, protect' strategy. It argues that building the capacity to test, trace and isolate cases — and protect an expanding share of the population — has worked elsewhere, aided by contact-tracing apps and proper infrastructure.

This position attributes male infidelity to the 'other woman'. It frames the fault as lying with the woman who lures a man into temptation away from his partner — though it also casts the 'other woman' as someone liberating herself from men on her own terms.

This position holds that the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh were an elaborate Democratic plot to derail his Supreme Court nomination. It argues that the Democrats, opposed to his confirmation, used Christine Blasey Ford to sink it, and points to the deliberate timing of the claims.

The President of the United States is the most powerful position on earth. The American people are responsible for filling that position and are therefore the most powerful kingmakers on earth.

Over the course of his candidacy, Biden has been working on building support among working class voters. If elected to office, he plans to implement policies to increase housing affordability, improve the Affordable Care Act and tax high income households and corporations to provide better living conditions for everyday Americans.

Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan resonated with many voters in 2016. It brings to mind a booming economy and the possibility of bettering one’s own circumstances. Trump’s policies revolve around bringing jobs back to the manufacturing sector, lowering taxes, and investing in infrastructure.

Extraterrestrials may have visited Earth in ancient times, imparting the knowledge needed to construct the pyramids. It is possible the ancient aliens left clues to their visit encoded in the pyramids' structure.

This position maps the 'anti' camp's response to the Harper's Letter on open debate. It catalogues the critics' arguments: that prominent signatories complaining of being silenced is ironic, that the letter is tone-deaf and entitled, and that it shields the powerful from criticism.

This position catalogues the claim that the Apollo Moon landings were faked rather than real. Its arguments point to alleged anomalies in NASA's photographs and to the supposed lethality of the Van Allen radiation belts. The view runs counter to overwhelming evidence that the landings happened.

This position holds that the Apollo Moon landings were genuine, not faked. It argues a hoax on that scale was impossible, that the rival Soviet Union would have eagerly exposed any fakery, and that abundant physical evidence confirms NASA sent people to the Moon.

This position holds that Settlers of Catan appeals to millennials through the lure of the simple life. It argues the relentless 24-hour modern world is hard to navigate, and that millennials—increasingly leaving cities—are drawn to the game's pastoral, agrarian fantasy.

This approach is rooted in a belief that during crises, the state should centralise control of social and economic affairs. Proponents range from UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock, to an estimated 75% of the British public.

This position reframes the 'Paul is dead' legend metaphorically: it holds that it was the Beatles, not Paul McCartney, who 'died'. It argues the band met its symbolic end at a fixed moment — pointing to the day John Lennon met Yoko Ono as when the Beatles in spirit ceased to be.

There are many benefits to the political philosophy of Liberalism. These include, but are not limited to, a growing economy, expansion of freedoms, the preservation of human rights, and collective security.

This position catalogues the benefits attributed to the Green New Deal. Its arguments contend that cutting air pollution and emissions would prevent tens of thousands of deaths, and that the transition to clean energy would grow the US economy by creating millions of well-paid jobs.

This position holds that the Big Tech companies need to be broken up. It argues they have built monopolies through anti-competitive practices that stifle innovation and block rivals from competing, and that they cannot be trusted to protect users' sensitive personal data.

This position holds that the Big Tech companies should not be broken up. It argues their rise is a free-market success story, that their services are indispensable to consumers, that their scale benefits research and development, and that forced break-ups would be illegal.

The tensions completely imploded with the assassination of a prominent Austrian by Serbian Nationalists. Without the rise of Serb nationalism, World War 1 would not have broken out.

This position argues that the Black Lives Matter organisation is bad. It holds that the damage and unrest linked to it outweigh its aims, and that critics brand it a 'neo-Marxist' or even terrorist group—characterisations that BLM and its supporters firmly reject.

This position holds that the Black Lives Matter organisation is a force for good. It argues that BLM brings vital attention to the unjust treatment of Black people, pushes back against white supremacy, and creates a forum for people to unite peacefully against racism.

The organization has both helped and harmed

This position holds that the bubonic plague was the worst pandemic in history. It argues the plague killed more people than any other outbreak, devastating medieval populations—and notes that, at the time, many even believed the disease to be a punishment sent from God.

Throughout the NHL, there are multiple teams that have never gained the same amount of success or notoriety as others. The Buffalo Sabres are an exceptional blip within that batch of teams for a multitude of reasons.

This position lays out the case against Shakespeare of Stratford as the author. It argues that his modest education and social standing sit awkwardly with the learning, languages and worldly knowledge in the plays, pointing to better-educated candidates like the Earl of Oxford.

This position makes the case that William Shakespeare himself wrote the works attributed to him. It argues there is ample evidence for his authorship—not least that his name appears on the plays and poems—and that doubts about it rest on speculation rather than proof.

This position holds that death is an overarching theme of The Catcher in the Rye. It argues the novel is shaped by Holden Caulfield's grief over his brother Allie's death and by his own dark, suicidal thoughts, which colour his troubled view of the world around him.

This position holds that innocence and childhood are the central theme of The Catcher in the Rye. It argues that Holden spends the novel trying to protect the innocence of those around him — embodied in figures like his sister Phoebe and Jane Gallagher — and to resist growing up.