Exeter Debating Society

The Official Account for the Oldest Society in Exeter. Established in 1893, we run intervarsity events, social events and speaker events.

[Exeter Debating Society @debsocexeter]

🗣️💚THIS HOUSE BELIEVES DONALD TRUMP IS THREAT TO DEMOCRACY💚🗣️

Kindly sponsored by the UCL Centre on US Politics, we have an incredible panel lined up. This is not one to miss!!

[Peter Bleksley @PeterBleksley]

Back in Exeter…
@debsocexeter @UniofExeter

[Communications @UniofExeter @ExeterComms]

Calling all Comms students! If you're interested in debating, check out @debsocexeter. They have lots of exciting debates, on topics ranging from the monarchy to trade unions🗣️ this is also a great opportunity to improve your public speaking skills!✨

[Graham Smith 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🇬🇱 🐧 @GrahamSmith_]

We won. Vote at the start was about 50 for, 50 against and 40 abstained. At the end when they didn’t allow abstentions, it was 58 for the monarchy and 93 for a republic. Really engaged students and interesting comments afterwards.

[Exeter Politics @exeterpolitics]

The University of Exeter #Debating Society's Public Show Debate is free to attend, open to non members and with a fantastic line up of speakers set for this Friday! More details 👇 #Freshers23 https://t.co/FrRgACOlrE

[Virginia Thomas @ArbitrioHumano]

Thank you for such a great evening @GSI_Exeter and @debsocexeter and for the great discussion @AbiReader @TomPowly and Guy Singh-Watson @Riverford!

[Abi Reader @AbiReader]

Fantastic to be part of this panel debate on Sustainable and Just Food Transitions in Times of Uncertainty ⬇️

Balancing carbon, food supply, economics & biodiversity is a MASSIVE challenge. Some very interesting points & Qs

[Exeter Debating Society @debsocexeter]

Thank you to everyone who attended our panel discussion this evening in collaboration with @GSI_Exeter! Thanks also to our great panelists @ArbitrioHumano, @AbiReader, Guy Singh-Watson @Riverford and @TomPowly. Some great discussions around the food industry and its challenges.

[Virginia Thomas @ArbitrioHumano]

Still time to register for tonight's panel discussion on Sustainable and Just Food Transitions in Times of Uncertainty!
https://t.co/wceJ8YDfWH

[Exeter Debating Society @debsocexeter]

We're looking forward to tonight's food security panel with @GSI_Exeter. With us:

Virginia Thomas, Postdoc Research Fellow @UofESPA
@AbiReader, Deputy President @NFUCymru
Guy Singh-Watson, founder @Riverford
@TomPowly, @GSI_Exeter Researcher

https://t.co/j9QgOJp9EN

[Global Systems Institute @GSI_Exeter]

📢Register here for our panel on #sustainable and just #food transitions in uncertain times TOMORROW! Almost sold out!

https://t.co/Ghn0uoV5eG

Event organised with the University of Exeter Debating Society. @debsocexeter @uniofexeternews @AbiReader @Riverford @ArbitrioHumano

[Exeter Debating Society @debsocexeter]

We're delighted to be hosting a panel on the Future of Food alongside the University's Global Systems Institute.

[Global Systems Institute @GSI_Exeter]

Join us for an exciting event on the 26th where we talk about the future of food systems! Joined by Tom Powell, @AbiReader, Virginia Thomas, and Guy Singh-Watson! @Riverford
👉https://t.co/Ghn0uoV5eG… #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #FoodSystems @UniofExeterNews @debsocexeter

[Claire Fox @Fox_Claire]

On long train journey back from speaking at Exeter Uni Debating Soc. Lost debate motion (I argued, as an atheist, we should all worry when religious freedom under attack) but cheered by feisty discussions & rows with students at event & bar afterwards. Free Speech alive & kicking

[Selaine Saxby @SelaineSaxby]

Great to be at @UniofExeter Debating Society this evening and to meet up with @ExeterUniTories

[Richard Foord MP @RichardFoordLD]

Really enjoyed joining students from the University of Exeter Debating Society last week for a sprited discussion about the future of our country. Thanks to everyone who came along and took part - great to see my old stomping ground doing well!

[Selaine Saxby @SelaineSaxby]

A massive thank you to the brilliant @JulianGallie, who stood in for me tonight 💙. I am so sorry, and disappointed not to have been able to join the debate @UniofExeter. Traffic out of #Westminster was horrific 🚙🚗🚚, having been in the Chamber, couldn't get there in time ☹️

[Benjamin Jones @BenBarryJones]

Great to speak at @debsocexeter last night on the rise of populism. Fantastic panel with @GavinBarwell and @DavidGauke, and thanks to Rob for filling in at short notice on my side!

Above all it was heartening to see the Society and its tradition of free speech thriving.

[Richard Toye @RichardToye]

As the @exeterdebsoc debate at which I was due to speak on Friday was cancelled, I am sharing with you the speech I would have made as Twitter thread. 👇🏻 #Twitterstorians #Churchill #WinstonChurcill #History

[Exeter Debating Society @debsocexeter]

Great to host @DesmondSwayne and Dr Mario Recker for our debate on Pandemic Restrictions - a success for the Proposition who argued that restrictions caused more harm than good.

[Exeter Debating Society @debsocexeter]

Friday Debate: This House Believes the BBC has Failed as an Impartial News Organisation https://t.co/CV2KqPA6qB