Scotland win WSDC for the fourth time, defeating Wales on the motion “This House regrets South Africa’s decision to use the Truth and Reconciliation Commission rather than prosecuting perpetrators of crimes committed under Apartheid”.  Congratulations Scotland!

Popularity: 34% [?]

Scotland defeated the Philippines and Wales knocked out England, both by a margin of 6-1.

Popularity: 29% [?]

Quarter-Final results: Philippines beat Singapore 5-0; Scotland beat Australia 5-0; England beat New Zealand 3-2; and Wales beat Ireland 3-2. The Semi-Finals will therefore be Philippines v Scotland and England v Wales.

The motion was ‘This House believes that the gay right movement should “out” gay public figures’.

Thanks to @paullaucm, @debatetourney and others for spreading the word on Twitter.

Popularity: 39% [?]

The Break (the top 16 teams who fight on in tomorrow’s knockout rounds) has been announced – see the full team tab and the draw for the knockout rounds.

Popularity: 47% [?]

And the final preliminary round was “This house believes that states should enshrine legally actionable socio-economic rights”, a prepared topic.  Download the summary or aggregate results.

Popularity: 51% [?]

New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa march on undefeated.  Round 7 was the impromptu motion “TH believes that developing countries should allow child labour”.  Download the summary or aggregate results.

Popularity: 50% [?]

Round 6 was the prepared topic ‘This house believes that the feminist movement should seek a ban on pornography’.  Download the summary or aggregate results.

Popularity: 54% [?]

Round 5 was the impromptu motion ‘THBT the police should use racial profiling to fight crime’. See the summary or aggregate results.

Popularity: 54% [?]

Round 4 was the prepared motion “This House believes that developing states should impose limits on internal rural-urban migration”.  Download the summary or aggregate results.

Note that one judge retired from duties through illness, but the debate was allowed to continue; adjudication team will confirm that result in due course.

Popularity: 67% [?]

Round 3 was the impromptu motion “THW allow single parents in prison to raise their children behind bars”.  See the summary or aggregate results.

Popularity: 69% [?]