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It is fair to play competitive sports during P.E. Lessons?
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Should humans try to bring back extinct animals?
Participants: 125
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Should there be limits on how much money someone can have?
Participants: 60
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Are fictional LGBTQ+ characters as important as real-life representation?
Participants: 57
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Should all schools have LGBTQ+ clubs?
Participants: 65
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Is online learning better than traditional classroom learning?
Participants: 80
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Should the internet be free as its so important to the modern world?
Participants: 81
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Is it important to conform in society?
Participants: 53
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If it were possible to live forever, would you want to?
Participants: 54
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Should celebrities be held to a higher standard of behaviour than everyone else?
Participants: 120
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Earth Day: Which is more important – reducing carbon emissions now or, preparing for climate impacts of the future?
Participants: 150
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Should students have a say in their school’s lunch menu?
Participants: 138
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Should parents be allowed to post pictures of their children without their permission?
Participants: 82
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Is being popular important?
Participants: 132
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Is it better to know multiple subjects or be an expert in just one?
Participants: 120
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Should we ever use force to bring about peace?
Participants: 104
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Should humans colonise space?
Participants: 230
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Does reality TV actually depict real life?
Participants: 75
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Do girls receive more peer pressure than boys?
Participants: 228
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Should teachers let AI help you with your homework?
Participants: 127
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Should countries be paid to allow refugees to settle there?
Participants: 135
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Should schools teach basic survival skills?
Participants: 278
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With gifts – is it the thought that counts?
Participants: 188
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Should some books be banned from schools?
Participants: 123
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Should all citizens be required to volunteer in their community?
Participants: 128
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Can you ever truly know what happened in history?
Participants: 96
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Should we lower the voting age to 16?
Participants: 75
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Should the US have stricter gun control?
Participants: 67
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Should citizens have to pass a political knowledge test in order to vote?
Participants: 25
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Is ignorance really bliss?
Participants: 92
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Should students grade their teachers?
Participants: 123
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What is more important – online safety or physical safety?
Participants: 227
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Are the Olympic games an overall benefit for their host countries?
Participants: 313
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Is natural talent more important for success than hard work?
Participants: 49
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Should social media no longer allow anonymous posting?
Participants: 1,007
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Should the school day start later in the morning?
Participants: 955
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Can money buy happiness?
Participants: 575
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Should the Summer Holidays be Shorter?
Participants: 425
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Should students appoint their teachers?
Participants: 346
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Should journalist be prosecuted for knowingly publishing misinformation?
Participants: 172
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Is AI dangerous?
Participants: 716
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Would human like robots be better or worse for society?
Participants: 580
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Should Teachers wear a uniform if students have to?
Participants: 1,004
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Should cultural artefacts be returned to their country of origin?
Participants: 780
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Pride 2: Are members of the LGBTQ community well represented in the media?
Participants: 454
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Pride 1: Would a genderless society be better?
Participants: 467
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Is world peace even a remote possibility?
Participants: 1,088
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Is being famous worth it?
Participants: 1,062
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Should the homeless be allowed to keep pets?
Participants: 809
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Is Robin Hood more of a criminal or a hero?
Participants: 552
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Is tourism always beneficial to a country?
Participants: 1,099
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Can anything be forgiven?
Participants: 951
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Should religious studies be kept out of schools?
Participants: 571
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Is it wrong for devices to track you?
Participants: 1,119
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If time travel was possible, would it be best to go to the future or the past?
Participants: 1,314
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Is graffiti art just as worthy as classical paintings?
Participants: 770
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Should the amount of fast food people are allowed to eat be restricted?
Participants: 1,454
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Who is a better support system, teachers or friends?
Participants: 282
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Is homework essential in the learning process?
Participants: 1,034
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Is the best way to make friends to join school clubs?
Participants: 401
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Should there be a legal age for teens to drink energy drinks?
Participants: 799
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Should homework be banned?
Participants: 501
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Do you grow more as a person in primary or secondary school?
Participants: 582
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Does social media improve or impede communication?
Participants: 637
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Should the death penalty be abolished?
Participants: 431
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Is change always a good thing?
Participants: 399
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Is student voice heard enough at school?
Participants: 1,014
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Should people be able to freely move between countries?
Participants: 672
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Does an MP need to be a certain age or from a certain community to be a good one?
Participants: 902
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Is Earth big enough for human population?
Participants: 896
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Should we impose curfews on under 16s?
Participants: 1,324
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Should all children be given pocket money?
Participants: 1,665
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Should we have a four day work week?
Participants: 1,370
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Should people have to attend parenting classes if they have a child?
Participants: 821
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Should we say Happy Holidays rather than Merry Christmas?
Participants: 933
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Is being an only child better than having siblings?
Participants: 796
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Should companies be forced to hire 50% male and 50% female employees?
Participants: 1,094
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Is doing a job you love important?
Participants: 880
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Should politics be kept out of schools?
Participants: 911
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Is it better to live in the countryside than the city?
Participants: 1,534
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Does the media content you consume change your behaviour?
Participants: 1,172
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Should shops stop selling bottled water?
Participants: 759
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Should foreign countries intervene in the politics of other countries?
Participants: 997
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Is food delivery a blessing or a curse?
Participants: 1,280
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Are core subjects more important than others?
Participants: 835
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Should we prioritise British History in schools?
Participants: 549
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Is money the root of all evil?
Participants: 1,640
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BHM: Is Black History Month effective?
Participants: 1,160
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BHM: Is there ever an excuse for prejudice?
Participants: 931
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Should you separate the art from the artist?
Participants: 1,076
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Is the freedom to say whatever you want always good?
Participants: 1,004
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Should all young people be made to play outside more?
Participants: 1,489
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Should some dog breeds be banned in the UK?
Participants: 1,297
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Do protests ever achieve anything?
Participants: 1,145
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Is Barbie a good role model?
Participants: 616
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Should babies under 2 get their ears pierced?
Participants: 1,130
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Should you have to attend summer school if you are underachieving?
Participants: 682
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Should beauty companies be punished for testing on animals?
Participants: 770
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Does pineapple belong on pizza?
Participants: 984
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Should actors be allowed to play characters, which are a different race to their own?
Participants: 784
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Can TV be as educational as reading?
Participants: 611
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Do dogs make better pets than cats?
Participants: 1,230
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Is it ok that there are more female teachers than male?
Participants: 905
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Should doctors and nurses be paid more than politicians?
Participants: 1,288
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If you had a superpower would you use it for personal gain or to help others?
Participants: 528
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Transition debates: Homework
Participants: 27
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Transition debates: Bullying and Mental Health
Participants: 3
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Transition debates: Friendship
Participants: 7
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Should students be allowed to read graphic novels and manga alongside books without pictures during school?
Participants: 755
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Is it ever ok to lie?
Participants: 891
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Should repeated bullying be punishable by law?
Participants: 1,007
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Is space exploration worth it?
Participants: 235
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Should everyone give 20% of their wages to charity?
Participants: 1,164
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Is it better to be a teacher or a pupil?
Participants: 1,407
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Is Anime better than other types of Animation?
Participants: 290
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Should people who commit minor crimes give back to the community rather than go to prison?
Participants: 646
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Are there more pros or cons to the British Monarchy?
Participants: 644
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Is there more that unites us than divides us?
Participants: 507
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Should we allow a government to change PM without the public voting?
Participants: 169
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Should you have to use your real name on social media?
Participants: 1,160
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Should Scotland have independence from the UK?
Participants: 322
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Is it better to donate to UK charities instead of ones in other countries?
Participants: 1,524
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Should Donald Trump be able to run for President again?
Participants: 312
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Should female footballers be paid the same as male footballers?
Participants: 1,188
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Should parents and carers be legally responsible for children who commit crimes?
Participants: 504
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Should men and women have the same amount of time off from work when they have a baby?
Participants: 1,464
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Should there be an International Men’s Day?
Participants: 317
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Should parents and carers take away young peoples phones until homework is done?
Participants: 1,407
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Were The BBC right to ask Gary Lineker to take a “step back”?
Participants: 801
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Should all school dinners be free?
Participants: 1,538
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Should we change Roald Dahl’s books?
Participants: 327
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Do video games make people more violent?
Participants: 1,211
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Should people use animal as clothes?
Participants: 726
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Should every nation get free healthcare?
Participants: 1,140
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Should parents be able to get into their children’s social media?
Participants: 1,703
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Would a year in the army create better citizens?
Participants: 1,531
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Is it better to be honest and poor or dishonest and rich?
Participants: 1,478
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Should education always be free?
Participants: 1,537
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Should we ban fancy dress in schools?
Participants: 1,534
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Should only well behaved young people get presents?
Participants: 1,554
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Can regular people stop climate change?
Participants: 799
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Should every pupil have to attend an after school club?
Participants: 1,459
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Would giving bullies detention stop bullying?
Participants: 1,649
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Is the rising cost of living making life in the UK too expensive?
Participants: 856
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Would more police working at night decrease crime?
Participants: 1,481
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Is the best way to reduce littering to add more bins?
Participants: 1,675
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Is autumn the best season?
Participants: 1,753
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Should everyone buy electric cars?
Participants: 1,629
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Is better funding for the police the way to solve crime?
Participants: 1,464
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Should we improve transport to prevent overpopulation of our cities?
Participants: 1,387
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Should flying be more expensive to fight climate change?
Participants: 1,124
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Should food companies donate food to stop poverty?
Participants: 2,073
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Should we give youth more free activities to end youth crime?
Participants: 981
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Transition: Is it hard to navigate a bigger school with more students?
Participants: 77
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Transition: Should I spend more time making new friends or hanging out with my old friends?
Participants: 124
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Transition: Is it safer to bring cash for school lunches or pay by card?
Participants: 34
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Transition: Is the best way to stay organised to turn in work online?
Participants: 48
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Transition: Is it better to defend people who are getting bullied or to not get involved?
Participants: 341
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Transition: Will making more friends in high schools improve mental health?
Participants: 49
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Should we travel abroad during the summer?
Participants: 1,069
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Should pupils be able to appoint their headteacher?
Participants: 1,933
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Should mothers stay at home and look after their children?
Participants: 1,557
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TLYA: Is immigration a good thing or a bad thing?
Participants: 0
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Should a country ever go to war?
Participants: 1,502
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Should young people go to bed at the same time every night?
Participants: 1,936
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Should we only eat food produced in Britain?
Participants: 1,941
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Should animals live in a zoo?
Participants: 2,568
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Should schools spend more time/money on arts education?
Participants: 2,061
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Should we give free homes to the homeless?
Participants: 2,854
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Is climate change the worst problem in human history?
Participants: 1,695
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Should NHS workers have more child benefit than us?
Participants: 1,064
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Should animal testing be banned?
Participants: 2,660
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Should schools offer more support in mental health services?
Participants: 938
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Is technology making our life better?
Participants: 3,449
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Should we force people to vote?
Participants: 2,396
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Can children make a big difference to climate change?
Participants: 4,191
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Should 10 year olds have a mobile phone?
Participants: 3,418
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Does reality TV do more harm than good?
Participants: 1,376
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Does everyone deserve to be loved?
Participants: 3,949
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Is January the worst month?
Participants: 9,377
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Should we ban uniforms?
Participants: 7,370
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Should boys and girls go to different schools?
Participants: 7,469
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In general, which is better? The book or the film?
Participants: 3,831
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Should everyone be vegetarian?
Participants: 4,185
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Are New Year’s resolutions a waste of time?
Participants: 2,053
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What would motivate you more in a job? Money or happiness?
Participants: 3,092
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Is it fair to punish everyone for a few students’ behaviour?
Participants: 3,976
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Should the Government focus their spending on health or sport?
Participants: 3,489
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Should we tackle pollution by banning paper?
Participants: 3,508
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Should people get the same pay for all jobs?
Participants: 4,284
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Should there be a population limit for cities?
Participants: 3,014
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Is Youtube a good or bad thing?
Participants: 3,742
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Should billionaires exist?
Participants: 2,733
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Should you feel guilty about killing insects?
Participants: 2,323
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What’s more important? Protecting the environment or exploring space?
Participants: 2,146
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Should teachers be replaced by computers?
Participants: 1,418
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Which would you prefer? Being scared of nothing or being scared of everything?
Participants: 2,082
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Should Britain have a Royal Family?
Participants: 1,210
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Should ESports be in the next Olympics?
Participants: 1,322
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What came first? The chicken or the egg?
Participants: 1,375
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Would you trust a self-driving car?
Participants: 1,326
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Is it better to have knowledge or imagination?
Participants: 1,888
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How important is it for people to be able to visit the Houses of Parliament building?
Participants: 1,909
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Is social media a good thing or a bad thing?
Participants: 1,714
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How important is it that the Houses of Parliament building sets an example for protecting the environment?
Participants: 2,817
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Should the Olympics be held this summer?
Participants: 1,461
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How important is it that the Houses of Parliament Building is protected and saved for future generations?
Participants: 1,675
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Can one person change the world?
Participants: 1,526
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Should children be allowed to vote in elections?
Participants: 2,112
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Is there too much money in football?
Participants: 1,959
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Should we continue wearing face masks after the end of the pandemic?
Participants: 1,497
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Is school detention a good thing?
Participants: 1,171
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Is it good to have a strict teacher?
Participants: 3,970
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Should you show empathy to everyone?
Participants: 2,707
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If you had a robot that could do homework, would you ask it to do yours?
Participants: 1,590
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Is it right that reopening schools is the number one priority?
Participants: 6,057
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Should having the internet be a human right?
Participants: 7,487
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Should the school day be longer to make up for lost learning?
Participants: 1,265
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Is the coronavirus and the pandemic being focused on too much?
Participants: 9,447
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Should everyone be forced to have a coronavirus vaccine?
Participants: 6,866
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Should you be able to buy a coronavirus vaccine?
Participants: 6,116
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Is lockdown easier or harder this time?
Participants: 5,927
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Is the national lockdown the right or wrong thing to do?
Participants: 1,639
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