@DebateLiverpool

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Joined June 2012
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Have any suggestions for our society? Have an idea for an event you think we should do? Let us know here! surveymonkey.co.uk/r/7ZF5PSX
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The 18/19 LDU committee have been elected, congratulations to you all! President and Convener Tom Kelly Secretary Sam Hughes Treasurer Arron Wood Novice T Cormac Quinn Advanced T Joe Read Socials Cormac Quinn Publicity and Recruitment Cormac Quinn Events Patrick Collins-Price
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We have been contacted by the BBC asking for 1st and 2nd year students with experience public speaking to discuss their experiences as freshers to be interviewed for a radio show in the Guild on 7/12. If you're interested please contact us here!
One of our novice debaters speaking at our fantastic public debate on Universal Basic Income at the Athenaeum on Thursday 26/10!
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Congratulations to our debaters Alex and Abbie, who broke 10th in the UCD Lawsoc IV this weekend to make it to the quarter finals!!
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We'll be at the @LivUni Welcome Fair in Mountford Hall this Thursday and Friday. Come see us to find out the fun planned for the year ahead!
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The Economist
@TheEconomist11 Feb 2017
The shortlisted designs for London's new Holocaust memorial range from the haunting to the crass econ.st/2kWZXrq From @1843mag
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Advanced training tonight in the Library at the Liverpool Guild of Students from 6:00pm. Pop over.
Refreshers fair stall is open. Please come.
Dr Sanghera will contemplate innovative #DNA tech in personalised #health in a #free public lecture this month bit.ly/2jmM9m8
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Why killer whales and humans are two of only three species that go through menopause (third is?) bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
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Liverpool Debating retweeted
The Economist
@TheEconomist2 Jan 2017
In a speech, John Kerry described the current Israeli government as “the most right-wing in Israeli history" econ.st/2hWKpz1
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The Guardian
@guardian2 Jan 2017
Polish PM urged to block bison hunting plan trib.al/xTAiSQb
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The Guardian
@guardian2 Jan 2017
Organ donation becomes mandatory in France trib.al/rmBXB5e

France introduces opt-out policy on organ donation

Change in law means consent for organs to be removed is presumed unless person joins official ‘refusal register’

theguardian.com
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A dozen animal research stories from 2016 - but they won't help the hangover understandinganimalresearch.…
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The Economist
@TheEconomist1 Jan 2017
One of our most popular articles showed the complexities of evolution econ.st/2irZIkx

Greater than the sum of its parts

It is rare for a new animal species to emerge in front of scientists’ eyes. But this seems to be happening in eastern North America

economist.com
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Liverpool Echo@LivEchonews1 Jan 2017
Just awful liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv…

Neighbours' shock as cat dies and family home ripped apart by fire

Fire crews descended on the property in Norris Green after a pedestrian spotted smoke coming from the house

liverpoolecho.co.uk
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Great campaign from @animalresearch teaching the public what is fact and fiction in regards to cosmetic testing ow.ly/drSq307ktQG
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Our Physicists as part of #CERN #ALPHA collaboration report 1st ever measurement on light spectrum of #antimatter bit.ly/2hUS953
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The Guardian
@guardian20 Dec 2016
Fracking to go ahead in North Yorkshire after high court ruling trib.al/d4jz5iV
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The Guardian
@guardian20 Dec 2016
Britain’s shame: the people who are homeless, even though they’re in work | Aditya Chakrabortty trib.al/ZaLIUVH
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