Lord Johnson has served as the co-chairman of the Conservative Party since 2024. Previously, he was a financier and co-founder of Somerset Capital Management. The event is kindly sponsored by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.
Dr. McAleese served as President of Ireland between 1997 and 2011 becoming the second woman to do so and first from Ulster. During her presidency she addressed justice, social equality, anti-sectarianism and building bridges with the Unionist community in Northern Ireland. She is a leading lawyer, academic and advocate for LGBT rights.
Debate at St Oswald’s Church.
Nelson was the editor of The Spectator from 2009 to 2024. He is respected across the political divide for transforming the magazine into a digital powerhouse and achieving record high print circulation. In 2013, he was named Political Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. He has recently joined The Times as a […]
McVey is the current MP for Tatton, one of the only three Conservative MPs in the north-west of England. She has previously held various Cabinet roles, including Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and "Minister for Common Sense". She unsuccessfully ran for Leader of the Conservatives in 2019. Prior to politics she hosted shows […]
Debate at Elvet Riverside (ER140).
Sir Lindsay Hoyle is the 158th Speaker of the House of Commons and MP for Chorley, originally being elected in 1997 as the constituency's first Labour MP in nearly two decades. In his time as Speaker, Lyle has sought to be a "referee" and "transparent." He is also one of ver few MPs to publicly […]
Proposition Dr Peter Vardy, British theologian and author. Fr Andrew Downie, Parish Priest of St. Cuthbert's and Catholic Chaplain to Durham University. Tim Dieppe, head of Public Policy at Christian Concern. Jerry Li, MA Theology Student at Durham University and former president of the Durham Union Society (Michaelmas 2024). Opposition Prof. Richard Norman, British philosopher […]
Alex O’Connor, popularly known as CosmicSkeptic, is a YouTuber, philosopher, and theologian. As host of the Within Reason podcast, O’Connor has interviewed and debated guests including Richard Dawkins, Rainn Wilson, Sam Harris, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. O’Connor identifies as an atheist and descriptivist. He is also a frequent contributor at Unherd.
Ryan-Mark Parsons appeared on The Apprentice in 2019 as the show’s youngest-ever contestant, before being fired in the eighth episode. Parsons has also appeared on Celeb’s Go Dating, and is a contributor on Good Morning Britain. Parsons is a supporter of the Conservative Party, and currently works as a Communications Advisor to a Shadow Minister.