Bloviators Debating Club
Welcome!
Launched in February 2024: a debating club that is open to all:
- in Cirencester
- with a unique spinner selection wheel: generating random team players from those present who are keen to have a go!
If you enjoy presenting a point of view; marshalling an argument or even pure bloviating, please feel free to come along
- Free to attend, refreshments served, everyone welcome.
The Eight Stages of Bloviator debates:
In other words, for those who would like to take part in the debate:
- register your name as you arrive
- if yours is one of the six names drawn by spinner, then you have been selected to take part
- the order in which your name was drawn determines the team that you are on
- it is then determined by a flipping a coin if your team will be proposing or opposing the motion
- speakers take turns with the proposing team opening the debate
- Once all speakers have made their first 2 minute speech, the debate is opened to the floor
- Each speaker then has a second two minute speech in which to develop their own points further or to respond to the opposing team and floor speaker points
To express your interest / ask questions please email Phil Anley using the following email address:
(or just come along – no registration necessary)
There were three possible motions for debating on 23rd February 2024:
- Human beings present the greatest threat to life in the solar system: it would be best for us to remain on a single planet
- Superheroes make the best role models for children
- Pets should always be permitted in the workplace
The motion voted for was:
- Human beings present the greatest threat to life in the solar system: it would be best for us to remain on a single planet
Procedural notes:
We will be following a version of the Mace Format rules.
Our Chairperson, John Taylor, will provide a summary of the rules at the beginning of the session.
Points Of Information may be offered from the floor, subject to:
- The current speaker accepting them
- A factual inaccuracy having been identified
The Chair will give notice once there is one minute remaining. A bell will sound when time is up.
Debating sessions will last for a maximum of one hour, from 6pm to 7pm on Friday evenings at monthly intervals.
Whilst there will not be a charge for attending debates, or for taking part in them, over the long term we are aiming to raise funds for the UCL / GOSH Pulmonary Hypertension Research Team.
Donations will help the search for treatments, and towards a cure, for Pulmonary Hypertension in children.
