The Tilbury House Summer Open (THSO) started yesterday, right now the Grand Final is starting. 32 teams from 9 nations came to Cologne either to prepare for Euros or just to have fun debating. It’s incredible hot in Cologne (roumors: about 37 degrees Celsius) and the audience in now in expertacion of a hot Grand Final debate. Achte Minute presents Breaks and Motions.

Break to Semis:

• Galway (Emily Ravenscroft, Sean Butler) 13 814
• Cambridge A (Charlotte Thomas, Natalie Smith) 12 814
• Oxford A (Vignesh Ashok, Emily Pearce) 12 810
• Nottingham A (Tom Jackson, James Torrance) 11 771
• Durham A (Peter Doughton, Jon Worgan) 10 786
• St. Andrews 99 (Duncan Crowe, Ed Noel) Luftballoons 10 775
• St. Gallen (Lukas Haffert, Marcel Giersdorf) 10 752
• Berlin Charlottenburg (Dessislava Kirova, Patrick Ehmann) 9 786

Break to the Grand Final:

• Galway (Emily Ravenscroft, Sean Butler)
• Cambridge A (Charlotte Thomas, Natalie Smith)
• Oxford A (Vignesh Ashok, Emily Pearce)
• Nottingham A (Tom Jackson, James Torrance)

Motions:

• Round 1: This House would legalise all drugs.
• Round 2: This House would suspend the right to strike during recessions.
• Round 3: This House would aggressively incentivise male parents to give up work in order to raise children.
• Round 4: This House believes that no dutch political party should form a government with the PVV.
• Round 5:  This House believes that the Gaza blockade is a legitimate form of self defence.
• Semis: This House believes that developing nations should implement population control.
• Final: This House regrets the Euro.