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The Oxford Union debating chamber. The King and Country Debate was a debate on 9 February 1933 at the Oxford Union Society. The motion presented, "That this House will under no circumstances fight for its King and country", passed with 275 votes for the motion and 153 against it. [1] The motion would later be named the Oxford Oath or the Oxford ...
The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to as the Oxford Union, is a debating society in the city of Oxford, England, whose membership is drawn primarily from the University of Oxford. Founded in 1823, it is one of Britain's oldest university unions and considered [ by whom? ] one of the world's most prestigious private students' societies ...
Norman St John-Stevas was Secretary of the Oxford Union but never became President despite his ambition to be the first person to be President of both Oxford and Cambridge Unions; he had been President of the Cambridge Union during his undergraduate years, before he studied at Oxford. [159]
Winston Aubrey Aladar deBalkan Marshall was born in Wandsworth, London, on 20 December 1987, [1] [a] to Sir Paul Marshall, a British tycoon who co-founded the Marshall Wace hedge fund and is the co-owner of GB News, [4] and Sabina de Balkany, [5] from a genteel European Jewish family. [6]
Kathleen Stock’s invitation to the Oxford Union should stand. “Agree or disagree with her, Professor Stock is an important figure in this argument. Students should be allowed to hear and ...
G. James Galbraith (British politician) Cyril Garbett; Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner; Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; James Milnes Gaskell
A motion to be brought before union members states that only a ‘mass uprising across the Middle East can free the Palestinian people’. Oxford academics to debate motion for ‘intifada until ...
Mumford and Sons' Winston Marshall will be "taking time away from the band" after backlash for supporting for a book by right-wing writer Andy Ngo.