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ThomasPaul Thomas
Co-organiser
Leeds Salon
Paul is a civil servant who has lived in Leeds for over 25 years. He has a degree in Social Sciences and an MA in British History, and is a qualified FE teacher. He is co-founder of The Leeds Salon public discusssion forum and writes regularly for online journal Freedom in a Puritan Age and the Leeds-based Culture Vulture blog. He has also written for Culture Wars, spiked , the Independent Blog and the Guardian Leeds Blog. Paul has been a Debating Matters judge since 2008, and as a supporter of the competition also acts as a debate chair and helps run competition events in both the UK and India.
PEOPLE
DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
Regional Final: Yorkshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Environmental Sustainability
Regional Final: North East 2012/13
DEBATE: Neuroscience and the law
Regional Final: North East 2012/13
DEBATE: Green Belt
Regional Final: Yorkshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Trade not Aid
Qualifying Round: Lancashire 2012/13
DEBATE: Tax Avoidance
Qualifying Round: Lancashire 2012/13
DEBATE: Energy Futures
Qualifying Round: Leeds 2012/13
DEBATE: Copyright and the Arts
Qualifying Round: Leeds 2012/13
DEBATE: Party Funding
Qualifying Round: Leeds 2012/13
DEBATE: Embryo Screening
Qualifying Round: South Yorkshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Free speech
Qualifying Round: South Yorkshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Factory Farming
Regional Final: North East & Yorkshire 2011/12
DEBATE: Biofuels
Regional Final: North East & Yorkshire 2011/12
DEBATE: Offensive Language
Qualifying Round: North Yorkshire 2011/12
DEBATE: Burqa bans
Qualifying Round: North Yorkshire 2011/12
DEBATE: Media Regulation
Regional Final: North East & Yorkshire 2010/11
DEBATE: Happiness
Qualifying Round: North Yorkshire 2010/11
DEBATE: Scepticism and Science
Qualifying Round: North Yorkshire 2010/11
DEBATE: Privacy Online
Qualifying Round: West Yorkshire 2010/11
DEBATE: Extremism on Campus
Qualifying Round: West Yorkshire 2010/11
DEBATE: Privacy Online
Qualifying Round: West Yorkshire 2010/11
DEBATE: Scepticism and Science
Regional Final: North East & Yorkshire 2009/10
DEBATE: Social media
Regional Final: North East & Yorkshire 2009/10
DEBATE: Artistic Expression
Qualifying Round: North Yorkshire 2009/10
DEBATE: BNP
Qualifying Round: Leeds & Bradford 2009/10
DEBATE: Celebrity Politics
Qualifying Round: Leeds & Bradford 2009/10
DEBATE: Boxing
Qualifying Round: Leeds & Bradford 2008/09
DEBATE: Private Lives
Qualifying Round: West Yorkshire 2008/09
DEBATE: No Platform
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Coming up next..
1 July: National Final 2012/13, London
