Socialist Party of Great Britain debates

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Debates between the Socialist Party of Great Britain and other groups were of particular importance in bringing the party case to an outside audience without the sometimes off-putting rhetoric of platform speaking, or the one-sidedness of educational talks. A prime instance of this importance for the party is the case of Richard Headicar, a former Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament speaker, won over after debating with the party. Of rather wider historical importance were the debates with the Revolutionary Communist Party in the late 1940s. In the course of these Sammy Cash persuaded the RCP’s Jock Haston of the state capitalist nature of the Soviet Union. The idea was then relayed to Tony Cliff, whence (rather distortedly) it formed the genesis of today's Socialist Workers Party.

Debates were not a major part of Socialist Party of Great Britain propaganda until the 1930s, reliance being instead put on outdoor speaking, particularly at established street corner venues (as can be seen, debates at outdoor venues were not however unknown). The Indian Summer of SPGB debating was clearly in the 1980s, with a range and number never previously seen. In the last ten years debating has virtually ceased to be an element of SPGB propaganda.

It may be noted that until the 1970s at least, debates, like lectures and talks, were primarily held in the winter months. Although obviously skewed towards London, it is obvious just how concentrated in the capital SPGB activity has been.

[edit] List of debates

This is not a full list since many debates, particularly in the early years, went unreported in the Socialist Standard, the main source of information.

Date	Opponent	Affiliation/stance	SPGB speaker	Venue	Notes
1905-10-29	W.A. Wilson	Cobden Club	Jack Fitzgerald	Dovecote Hall, 78 High Road, Wood Green
1906-08-12	G. Geis	Socialist Labour Party	Jack Fitzgerald	Peckham Rye (outdoor)	[1]
1906-10-07	J. Davis	Liberal Party	Alex Anderson	Finsbury Park (outdoor)
1907-01-20	E. J. B. Allen	Socialist Labour Party	Jack Fitzgerald	Engineers Institute, Plumstead	[2]
1908-05-03	Lawler Wilson	anti-socialist	Jack Fitzgerald	Battersea Town Hall, Lavender Hill, SW	[3]
1909-05-27	E. J. B. Allen	Industrialist League	Jack Fitzgerald	Latchmere Road Baths, Battersea, SW	[4]
1909-10-13	T.A. Jackson	Independent Labour Party	Jack Fitzgerald	Tooting Graveney schools, Tooting, SW	[5]
1910-06	G.W. de Tunzelmann	Anti-Socialist Union	Jack Fitzgerald	Rusholme Public Hall, Rusholme, Manchester	[6]
1911-06-01	A.H. Richardson, MP	Liberal Party	Jack Fitzgerald	Liberal Club, Peckham	[7]
1912-05-21	Samuel Samuels	Conservative Party	Jack Fitzgerald	Graveney Road Schools, Tooting	[8]
1913-07-25	J. Ingham	Independent Labour Party	Jack Fitzgerald	Assembly Rooms, Brighton	[9]
1925-03-08	F. Kirkley	London Constitutional Labour Movement	R. Reynolds	Leyton Town Hall, High Road, Leyton	[10]
1927-10-09	G.R. Wheeler	Conservative Party	Jack Fitzgerald	Battersea Town Hall
1927-11-13	Major H. Gillespie	Economic League	E. Hardy	Stratford Town Hall, Stratford Broadway
1928-01-25	Edward Baker	Young Liberal League	Adolph Kohn	Earlham Hall, Forest Gate
1928-04-20	Philip Guedalia	Liberal Party	Jack Fitzgerald	Co-op Hall, Platt Lane, Rusholme, Manchester	[11]
1928-05-23	James Maxton	Independent Labour Party	Jack Fitzgerald	Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, EC1	[12]
1929-04-07	A. Marshall Diston	Independent Labour Party	E. Hardy	Stratford Town Hall
1930-03-28	J. T. Murphy	Communist Party of Great Britain	Eric Boden	AEU Institute, Stanley Road, Sheffield	[13]
1931-05-27	Peter Kerrigan	Communist Party of Great Britain	Alex Shaw	Chalmers Street, Clydebank, Glasgow	[14]
1931-06-14	Stuart Barr	New Party	E. Hardy	Stratford Town Hall	[15]
1932-01-14	H. Crooks	Independent Labour Party	Edmund Howarth	NUT, 3 Highams Place, Newcastle	[16]
1932-11-15	Atkins	National Guild of Co-operators	Isaac Ginsberg	Co-operative Hall, Sutton
1932-11-27	Mrs E. Tennant	Conservative Party	E. Hardy	Stratford Town Hall	[17]
1932-12-02	N. Dunbar	Independent Labour Party	E. Hardy	Bethnal Green Town Hall	[18]
1933-02-13	Mrs E. Tennant	Conservative Party	E. Hardy	Public Hall, Canning Town
1933-02-19	Michael Stewart	Labour Party	G. Bellingham	Poplar Town Hall	[19]
1933-05-07	Ralph Fox	Communist Party of Great Britain	S. Rubin	Grove House, High Road, Leyton
1934-10-19	G. H. Loman	Labour Party	Robertus	Working Men’s Club, Clerkenwell Road	[20]
1935-03-23	Probyn	British Union of Fascists	E. Hardy	Mawney Road Schools, Romford	[21]
1936-01-12	M. Goulding	British Union of Fascists	Robertus	Craigwell Café, Peter Street, Manchester
1936-11-06	Guy Aldred	anarchist	J. Higgins	Clarion Scouts Hall, North Portland Street, Glasgow
1936-12-07	Raj Hansa	Bolshevik-Leninists	Adolph Kohn	AEU Hall, 39 Doughty Street, WC1
1937-02-01	Capt. Munford	Peace Pledge Union	G. Clifford	AEU Hall, 39 Doughty Street, WC1
1937-03-14	David Keir	News Chronicle	F. Grainger	AEU Hall, 39 Doughty Street, WC1
1937-04-07	Jack Gaster	Communist Party of Great Britain	Sammy Cash	Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace, W4
1937-04-12	Claud Jacob	Constructive Commonwealth Union	F. Grainger	AEU Hall, 39 Doughty Street, WC1
1937-06-07	Dr. E. Conze	Labour Party	E. Hardy	Essex Hall, Essex Street, Strand
1937-06-17	R. Gilion	pro-United Front	Bill Waters	Petit Farm, Heathway, Dagenham
1937-06-25	Raj Hansa	Bolshevik-Leninists	Eric Boden	Friars Hall, Blackfriars Road, SE1
1938-01-28	C.L.R. James	Marxist Group	G. Clifford	Trade Union Hall, 24 New Oxford Street
1938-02-20	Fenner Brockway & Bob Edwards	Independent Labour Party	[?]	Co-op Hall, Downing Street, Manchester
1938-10-14	M.A. Phillips	Social Credit Party	E. Hardy	Mawney Road School, Romford
1940-05-06	Barbara Wootton	Federal Union	E. Hardy	Conway Hall	[22]
1940-05-19	G. Bradley	Fourth International	S. Rubin	Conway Hall
1941-11-16	Eva Hubback	pro-family allowances	Clifford Groves	Conway Hall
1942-01-11	F. Ridley	Independent Labour Party	Clifford Groves	Conway Hall
1942-02-22	Raj Hansa	Trotskyist[?]	Tony Turner	Conway Hall
1942-07-22	Walter Padley	Independent Labour Party	Clifford Groves	Friends Hall, Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow
1942-12-20	D. McGregor	Independent Labour Party	Sammy Cash	St. Ann’s Library, Tottenham
1942-12-20	M.G. Bennett	Labour Party	A. Reginald	Labour Rooms, 95 Grove Vale, SE22
1943-01-24	Mat Kavanagh	Anarchist Federation	Tony Turner	Islington Central Library, Holloway Road, N7
1943-05-03	Capt. B. Acworth	Liberty Restoration League	S. Rubin	Conway Hall
1943-12-01	W. Padley	Independent Labour Party	Sammy Cash	Central Hall, Acton
1944-01-23	Jock Haston	Workers International League	Tony Turner	Conway Hall
1945-01-14	A. Cooper	Revolutionary Communist Party	Desmond Fenwick	Ruskin House, Wellesley Road, Croydon
1944-03-18	C. Allaun	Labour Party	Harry Young	Chorlton Town Hall, All Saints, Manchester
1944-04-08	Sir Waldron Smithers	Conservative Party	Clifford Groves	Shoreditch Town Hall
1943-09-23	E. Grant	Revolutionary Communist Party	Tony Turner	Holborn Hall
1942-11-14	Commander E. Prior	Conservative Party	Harry Young	Romford Road Baths, Stratford
1946-05-10	Frank Maitland	Independent Labour Party	Harry Young	Shacklewell Lane schools, Hackney
1946-12-16	Major Guy Lloyd, MP	Conservative Party	Tony Turner	St. Andrews Grand Hall, Glasgow
1947-02-12	Tom Howard	Conservative Party	Tony Turner	Islington Town Hall, Upper Street, N1
1947-07-14	E.F. Durbin	Labour Party	Tony Turner	Edmonton Town Hall
1946-07-16	Jock Haston	Revolutionary Communist Party	Desmond Fenwick	Bethnal Green Central Library
1946-10-17	T. Colyer	Independent Labour Party	Cyril May	Co-op Hall, Lakedale Road, Plumstead, SE18
1946-11-10	J. Raven Thompson	Union of British Freedom	Tony Turner	Kensington Town Hall
1909-11-19	Jock Haston	Revolutionary Communist Party	Clifford Groves	Co-op Hall, Hampton Wick
1905-12-22	R. Tearse	Revolutionary Communist Party	Harry Young	Bethnal Green Central Library
1948-02-05	George Hansen	Revolutionary Communist Party	Harry Young	Ealing Town Hall
1948-02-19	Sir Waldron Smithers, MP	League of Individualists	Cyril May	Surbiton Assembly Rooms
1948-04-12	Colin Brooks	Society of Individualists	Clifford Groves	Kensington Town Hall
1948-06-01	George Jones	Communist Party of Great Britain	Tony Turner	Hornsey Town Hall	[23]
1948-06-07	John Parker	Labour Party	Clifford Groves	Fulham Town Hall
1948-07-01	R. Tearse	Revolutionary Communist Party	Desmond Fenwick	Conway Hall	[24]
1948-07	Christopher Hollis, MP	Conservative Party	Harry Young	Ealing Town Hall	[25]
1905-08-12	J.M. Hutchinson	Industrial Workers of the World	Bill Waters	Watling Community Centre, Orange Hill Road, Burnt Oak
1905-11-28	D. Garbutt	Revolutionary Communist Party	T. Mulheron	Glasgow Central Halls
1949-01-20	G. Hansen	Revolutionary Communist Party	Cyril May	Greenford Library, Oldfield Lane, Greenford
1949-02-28	Frederick Mullally	Labour Party	Tony Turner	Fulham Town Hall	[26]
1949-03-21	Arthur Blenkinsop, MP	Labour Party	Harry Young	Kensington Town Hall	[27]
1949-04-04	David Eccles, MP	Conservative Party	Bill Waters	Ealing Town Hall	[28]
1949-05-05	S.W. Alexander	Society of Individual Freedom	Tony Turner	Ealing Town Hall
1949-05-19	Bernard Braine	Conservative Party	Jim D’Arcy	British Legion Hall, Rayleigh, Essex
1949-06-29	R. Graham Page	Conservative Party	Harry Young	Islington Town Hall
1949-07-08	J. Frankenburg	Liberal Party	W. Reed	Bethnal Green Library, Cambridge Heath Road, E2
1949-07-22	F Martel	Liberal Party	Harry Young	Stag House Civic Restaurant, The Broadway, Burnt Oak	[29]
1905-11-15	J. Sack	Young Communist League	Douglas Verity	Tottenham Central Library
1905-12-15	J. Paul	Conservative Party	Tony Turner	Assembly Hall, Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17
1950-02-06	Mrs B. Curtis	Liberal Party	Harry Young	Manor Street baths, Clapham	[30]
1950-03-09	Raven Thompson	Fascist	Douglas Verity	Co-op Hall, 129 Seven Sisters Road, N7
1950-04-03	G. Kraus	Crusade for World Government	Tony Turner	Barnfield Road School, Burnt Oak
1950-04-18	[?]	Independent Labour Party	[?]	Fulham Central Library
1950-07-19	Sir Waldron Smithers, MP	Conservative Party	Harry Young	Poplar Civic Theatre, Bow Road, E3	[31]
1950-10-06	Roy Douglas	Liberal Party	Frederick James	Bethnal Green Library
1950-10-29	Rev. K. Parkinson	Christian	Arthur George	The Ring, Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City
1950-11-03	V.H. Blundell	Henry George School of Social Science	W. Read	Bethnal Green Library, Cambridge Heath Road, E2
1950-11-05	Karl Westwood	Labour Party	Bill Waters	Vernon Hall, Sheen
1950-11-16	E. Atkins	Peace Pledge Union	G. Waters	Civic Hall, Crown Hill, Croydon
1950-12-13	G.F. Plume	Peace Pledge Union	London speaker	Co-op Hall, 129 Seven Sisters Road, N7
1951-02-02	Sybil Morrison	Peace Pledge Union	Frederick James	Bethnal Green Library
1951-03-30	Sybil Morrison	Peace Pledge Union	Frederick James	Bethnal Green Library
1951-11-25	Eddie Shaw	London Anarchist Group	Tony Turner	Denison House, Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1
1951-12-17	Ashley Bramall	Labour Party	James Thorburn	Scouts Hall, Mayplace Road, Bexley Heath	[32]
1952-01-14	Roy Douglas	Liberal Party	James Thorburn	Shoreditch Town Hall
1952-06-19	Arnold Bender	Liberal Party	Tony Turner	Greenford Library, Oldfield Lane, Greenford, Middx
1952-10-02	George Plume	Peace Pledge Union	Harry Young	Hammersmith Town Hall
1952-11-24	George Schwartz	The Sunday Times	E. Hardy	Kensington Town Hall
1953-02-09	Roy Douglas	Liberal Party	Jim D’Arcy	Hammersmith Town Hall
1953-03-01	Philip Sansom	London Anarchist Group	Tony Turner	Dennison House
1953-03-16	Gordon Evans	United Nations Association	Tony Turner	Kensington Town Hall
1953-06-04	H. Polland	Liberal Party	W. Kerr	Salisbury Road School, Manor Park, E12
1951-09-08	Roy Douglas	Liberal Party	Tony Turner	Red Cross Hall, 153 Shirley Road, Addiscombe
1951-11-11	A.G. Jenkins	Sunday Chronicle	Tony Turner	Fulham Town Hall
1951-12-10	Winifred Watson	Crusade for World Government	H. Reed	Ealing Town Hall
1951-12-16	Ayana Deva Angadi	author	Cyril May	Fulham Town Hall
1954-01-22	Arthur Keffington, MP	Labour Party	Cyril May	Mellow Lane School, Hayes, Middx.
1954-02-07	John Fitzgerald	Crusade for World Government	Harry Young	Ilford Town Hall
1954-02-19	G. Plume	Peace Pledge Union	W. Read	Bethnal Green Library
1954-10-29	Jean Henderson	Liberal Party	Robert Coster	Trade Union Hall, Woodford Road, Watford
1954-11-17	P. Monkhouse	Peace Pledge Union	W. Kerr	Ilford Labour Hall, High Road, Ilford
1954-12-19	R.B. Wilkie	Scottish National Congress	Alex Shaw	Central Halls, Bath Street, Glasgow
1955-01-16	Oliver Brown	Scottish National Congress	T. Mulheron	Central Halls, Glasgow
1955-04-24	W. Watson	Jehovah’s Witness	Horace Jarvis	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1955-05-02	Colin Brown	Liberal Party	J. Higgins	St. Andrews Halls, Glasgow
1955-11-16	Evan Richards	Liberal Party	Bob Coster	Leyton Town Hall, High Road, E10
1956-02-06	Frank Maitland	Independent Labour Party	E. Wilmott	Central Library, Spa Road, Bermondsey
1956-11-19	Frank Maitland	Independent Labour Party	Bob Coster	Fulham Town Hall
1956-12-14	J. Britz	Militant Socialist Group	W. Read	Bethnal Green Library
1957-01-25	Rev. J. Penny-Davies	Christian	J. Flowers	Broadmead Baptist Chapel, Bristol
1957-03-20	B. Henderson	Communist Party of Great Britain	Harry Baldwin	Guildhall Chambers, Bristol
1957-03-31	Barr	Catholic Evidence Society	H Jarvis	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4	[33]
1956-05-16	Donald Rooum	London Anarchist Group	Bob Coster	Bethnal Green Library	[34]
1955-11-04	E.J. Ham	Union Movement	Jim D’Arcy	Lambeth Town Hall
1955-12-11	Terence Chivers	Peace Pledge Union	D. M. de la Touche	Laurie Arms, Crawford Place, N1
1954-12-15	Alan Tomkins	Socialist Labour Party	Cyril May	Dennison House, Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1
1958-01-17	John Fitzgerald	Proportional Representation Society	E. Glucksberg	Bethnal Green Town Hall
1958-01-31	Roy Douglas	Liberal Party	E. Critchfield	Bethnal Green Town Hall, Cambridge Heath Road, E2
1958-03-30	V.R. Hill	Social Credit Propaganda League	Bob Coster	St. Andrew’s Halls, Kent Road, Glasgow
1958-12-08	S. Thomas	Liberal Party	Frederick James	People’s Hall, Heathcoate Street, Nottingham
1959-02-20	B.K. Preuss	Labour Party	M. Harris	Co-op Hall, Prewett Street, Bristol
1959-05-10	Father Bernard Rickett	Catholic Church	Bob Coster	Coop Educational Centre, Broad Street, Nottingham	[35]
1959-06-15	Rev. P.M. Barker	Liberal Party	J. Higgins	Community Centre, Bellshill, Lanarkshire
1961-06-14	Gordon Browne	Liberal Party	James D’Arcy	Public Hall, High Street, Carshalton
1961-10-29	Richard Headicar	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament	Melvin Harris	Denison House, 296 Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1
1962-05-14	Edward Martell	National Fellowship	Jim D’Arcy	Conway Hall
1962-11-15	Councillor Evans	Liberal Party	Labour Hall, Boston Avenue, Southend
1961-11-19	J. Mathieson	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament	Harry Baldwin	St Albans Hall, Walworth Road, SE17
1963-03-29	J. Mumby	Liberal Party	Cyril May	Bromley Library, High Street, Bromley
1963-04-22	Henry Tomkin	Conservative Party	L. Weidberg	Conway Hall
1964-02-23	J. Palmer	Labour Party	Jim D’Arcy	Mahatma Gandhi Hall, Fitzroy Square, W1
1964-03-18	Sid Bidwell	Labour Party	Cyril May	Hammersmith Town Hall
1963-05-08	J. Haigh	INDEC	Edmund Grant	Bromley Library, High Street, Bromley
1959-06-18	Jim Plant	Socialist Labour Party	Harry Baldwin	Conway Hall
1958-06-25	Alan Lomas	New Liberal Party	Robert Ambridge	Co-op Hall, 129 Seven Sisters Road, N7
1967-05-21	Tony Southall	Vietnam Solidarity Campaign	Dick Donnelly	McLellan Galleries, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
1967-12-10	Dafydd Stephens	Plaid Cymru	Adam Buick	2 Soho Square, W1
1968-01[?]	Tom Kemp	Socialist Labour League	Adam Buick	Hull University	[36]
1968-07-16	D. Davies	Young Liberals	Adam Buick	Swansea
1967-12-11	R. Kerr	Shelter	Ray Guy	Ealing Town Hall
1969-05	Joe Bent	Communist Party of Great Britain	Ralph Critchfield	Havil Street Hall, Peckham Road, SE5
1969-11-17	D. Pirie	National Front	Edmund Grant	Hornsey Town Hall
1970-05	Jeffries & Lavery	International Socialism	Fleming & Vanni	Free Gardener’s Hall, Edinburgh	[37]
1972-04-08	[?]	Independent Labour Party	Jim D’Arcy	Bolton Institute of Technology, Deane Road, Bolton
1970-09-14	Cllr. Vic Butler	Labour Party	Adam Buick	Muswell Hill library
1973-05-09	[?]	Young Conservatives	Robert Barltrop	Muswell Hill library, N10
1973-09-23	Dr. E. Wilson	Family Planning Association	Dick Donnelly	McLellan Galleries
1974-06-06	Sid Bidwell	Labour Party	Robert Barltrop	Ealing Town Hall
1975-04-24	Sir Keith Joseph	Conservative Party	E. Hardy	Phillippa Fawcett College	[38]
1974-06-06	Sydney Bidwell, MP	Labour Party	Bob Coster	Ealing Town Hall
1969-07-03	Paul Gerhardt	International Socialists	Jim D’Arcy	Clarendon Press Institute, Walton Street, Oxford	[39]
1967-09-21	[?]	Scottish Republican Clubs	Vic Vanni	McLellan Galleries
1967-12-02	M Brook	Labour Party Young Socialists	Tony D’Arcy	Greenford Co-op Hall, Greenford Lane	[40]
1977-08-20	[?]	International Communist Current	E. Hardy	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1978-02-02	[?]	Young Conservatives	Jim D’Arcy	Royal Oak, York Street, W1
1977-05-13	[?]	International Communist Current	[?]	Leeds Trade Club, Saville Mount, Leeds
1977-07-14	[?]	Ecology Party	[?]	Friends Meeting House, Ward Street, Guildford
1977-10-01	[?]	Workers Party of Scotland	[?]	McLellan Galleries
1979-01-25	[?]	Scottish Labour College	Vic Vanni	Trades Council Halls, 14 Picardy Place, Edinburgh
1979-01-28	[?]	Workers Party of Scotland	Campbell McEwan	McLellan Galleries
1979-03-06	Horace Cutler	Conservative Party	[?]	University College London	[41]
1979-09-09	David Steel	Libertarian Alliance	E. Hardy	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1977-11-02	David Alton, MP	Liberal Party	Adam Buick	Liverpool University Students Union
1980-05-03	[?]	International Communist Current	Barry McNeeney	Dr Johnson House, Bull Street, Birmingham
1980-06-13	David Steel	Libertarian Alliance	Brown	Friends Meeting House, North Street, Guildford
1980-07-30	secretary	Stoke Communist Party	Steve Coleman	Resource Centre, Mollart Street, Hanley
1980-11-07	David Milburn	Conservative Party	Harry Young	Carlton Arms, Seaham
1981-05-08	Arthur Sedon	Institute of Economic Affairs	E. Hardy	Guildford Friends Meeting House
1981-05-14	P. Braithwaite	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament	Steve Coleman	Dr Johnson House, Birmingham
1981-05-15	N. Smith	Social Democratic Party	Barry McNeeney	Carlton Arms, Seaham, County Durham
1981-09-10	David Steel	Libertarian Alliance	Ron Cook	Prince Albert
1980-09-11	Prof. Antony Flew	anti-socialist	Steve Coleman	Bellerby Theatre, Leadale Lane, Guildford	[42]
1958-10-09	A. Yeeles	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament	Pieter Lawrence	Finsbury Library, St John Street, EC1
1958-11-19	[?]	Scottish National Party	Howard Moss	Prince Albert
1954-12-09	B. Ritchie	Association of World Federalists	B. Sinclair	Princess Royal, 47 Hereford Road, W2
1982-01-14	Edward Charles	Christian Socialist Movement	Barry McNeeney	Prince Albert
1982-02-11	Albert Meltzer	Black Flag	[?]	Prince Albert
1982-02-24	William Shepherd	Militant Tendency	Steve Coleman	Ruskin House, Combe Road, Croydon	[43]
1982-03-07	[?]	Labour Party Young Socialists	Barry McNeeney	Labour Rooms, Blackburn Road, Accrington
1982-05-13	B. Kissen	Poale Zion	Eddy Grant	Prince Albert
1982-08-12	Tadek Jarski	Solidarity with Solidarity	Vic Vanni	Prince Albert
1982-08-27	Keith Chesterton	Labour Party	Eddy Grant	Guildford
1982-09-08	[?]	Croydon Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament	Pieter Lawrence	Ruskin House, Croydon
1951-11-11	Monty Johnston	Communist Party of Great Britain	Steve Coleman	Islington Central Library	[44]
1951-12-02	Richard Blaustein	Conservative Party	[?]	Prince Albert
1983-01-20	David Martin	Social Democratic Party	Steve Coleman	Prince Albert
1983-02-03	R. Hughes	Conservative Party	Pat Deutz	Libraries Hall, Spa Road, Bermondsey, SE1
1983-02-11	Margaret Sharp	Social Democratic Party	E. Hardy	Mount Social Club, Portsmouth Road, Guildford
1983-02-17	J. Lewis	Coalition for Peace through Security	Steve Coleman	Prince Albert
1983-03-02	I. Smedley	Labour Party	[?]	Ruskin House, Croydon
1983-04-14	Susan Ardril	Spare Rib	Christine Moss	Prince Albert	[45]
1983-05-01	Paul Hirst	controlled market economy	E. Hardy	Prince Albert	[46]
1983-07-07	Tony Jones	Ecology Party	Pieter Lawrence	Prince Albert	[47]
1983-09-09	Ted Haywood	Ecology Party	Pieter Lawrence	Mount Social Club, Guildford
1983-09-21	J. Lewis	Coalition for Peace through Security	Ralph Critchfield	Christ Church Hall, Waterden Road, Guildford
1951-10-07	Arthur Johnston	Conservative Party	E. Hardy	The Prince Albert, Wharfdale Road, N1	[48]
1905-12-09	Roger Scruton	anti-socialist	Howard Moss	Woodford Road Sports Ground Pavilion, Guildford	[49]
1984-01-16	Cllr. John France	Labour Party	Ron Cook	Central Library, Alexandra Road, Swansea
1984-01-19	Lady Olga Maitland	Families for Defence	Steve Coleman	Islington Central Library	[50]
1984-02-16	A. Smith & Harry Phipps	Conservative Monday Club	Dick Donnelly & C. Slapper	Prince Albert	[51]
1984-03-13	Mike German & Russell Smart	SDP-Liberal Alliance	Barry McNeeney	Brownhills Hotel, Cardiff
1984-03-22	R. Malone	Fellowship Party	P. Wilson	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1984-06-07	Andrew Brierley	Federation of Conservative Students	Joe Carter	Islington Central Library
1984-06-20	Lady Olga Maitland & Virginia Bottomley	Conservative Party	Clifford Slapper & Dick Donnelly	Civic Hall, London Road, Guildford
1984-07-06	D. Pallet	Conservative Monday Club	Steve Coleman	Marine Hotel, Clacton
1984-09-13	Tony Kerpel	Conservative Party	Garry Slapper	Islington Central Library, Fieldway Crescent, N1
1984-10-27	[?]	Communist Workers Organisation	[?]	Prince Albert
1984-11-21	John Hoos	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament	Clifford Slapper	Waggon and Horses, Stapleton Road, Bristol
1984-11-30	Tom Sackville, MP	Conservative Party	Howard Moss	Bolton Central Library
1985-01-10	Teresa Gorman	Conservative Party	Steve Coleman	Duke of York, York Way, N1
1985-02-14	Revd. David Humphrey	Christian	Ron Cook	Duke of York, York Way, N1	[52]
1985-04-04	Cllr. Laurence Spigel	Labour Party	Steve Coleman	Duke of York
1985-04-25	Roger Stott, MP	Labour Party	Dick Donnelly	Bolton Central Library
1985-05-10	Colin Tipton	Socialist Workers Party	[?]	The Star, Quarry Street, Guildford	[53]
1985-05-30	Chris Muir	Social Democratic Party	Clifford Slapper	Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester
1985-06-07	Elliot Morley	Labour Party	Dick Donnelly	Central Community Centre, Lindrum Street, Scunthorpe
1985-06-20	Paul Backhouse	Peace Through NATO	Dick Donnelly	Duke of York	[54]
1985-06-26	Rev. D. Haslam	Christianity	[?]	Harlesden Methodist Church, High Street, Harlesden, NW10
1985-07-29	Richard Balfe, MEP	Labour Party	Pieter Lawrence	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1985-09-12	Andrew McIntyre	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament	Clifford Slapper	Duke of York
1985-09-25	Norman Barrie	Communist Party of Great Britain	Vic Vanni	Wellgate Central Library, Dundee
1905-11-14	M. McGregor	Federation of Conservative Students	Steve Coleman	Duke of York
1905-11-21	Michael Brown, MP	Conservative Party	Clifford Slapper	The Star, Guildford
1905-11-26	[?]	Ecology Party	Clifford Slapper	Carlton Arms, Seaham
1905-11-29	David Selbourne	anti-socialist	Ron Cook	The Star
1905-12-02	Stan Newens, MEP	Labour Party	[?]	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1905-12-10	Rev. J.J. Stephenson	Christianity	Steve Coleman	Carlton Arms, Seaham
1986-03-07	[?]	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament	Steve Coleman	Lambeth Town Hall
1986-03-27	Philip van der Elst	Freedom Association	Ron Cook	Duke of York
1986-04-10	John Burton	Institute of Economic Affairs	Clifford Slapper	Duke of York
1986-05-29	[?]	Militant Tendency	Steve Coleman	Scunthorpe Community Centre
1986-06-12	[?]	Red Action	Dick Donnelly	Duke of York
1986-08-14	[?]	Green Party	[?]	Duke of York
1986-09-19	Lady Olga Maitland	Families for Defence	E. Hardy	The Star
1986-10-22	S. Barker	Green Party	Pieter Lawrence	Millstone, Thomas Street, Manchester
1986-11-10	Bill Etherington	National Union of Mineworkers	Clifford Slapper	Printers Pie, Pudding Chare, Newcastle	[55]
1986-12-01	Monty Johnstone	Communist Party of Great Britain	Pieter Lawrence	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1986-12-11	G. Webster Gardiner	Conservative Families	Steve Coleman	Duke of York	[56]
1987-02-12	[?]	Black Flag	[?]	Duke of York
1987-03-02	Alan Bowman	Christian	Sandy Easton	The Broken Doll, Blenheim Street, Newcastle
1987-03-12	Keith Veness	Labour Party	[?]	Duke of York
1987-05-08	Piers Merchant, MP	Conservative Party	Clifford Slapper	Guildhall, Quayside, Newcastle
1987-05-15	Clive Bradley	Socialist Organiser	[?]	Guildford Institute, Ward Street, Guildford
1987-05-21	Ian Dixon	Communist Party of Great Britain	Steve Coleman	Headingley Community Centre, North Lane, Leeds
1987-05-29	Prof. Peter Abell	Fabian Society	[?]	Guildford Institute
1987-06	Sean Mullen	Revolutionary Communist Party	[?]	Tyneside Cinema, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle	[57]
1987-06-01	Sandy Irvine	Green Party	Steve Dowsett	St. John’s Church Hall, Grainger Street, Bolton
1987-07-09	Andrew Mitchell	Conservative Party	[?]	Duke of York
1986-08-17	Barney McGill	Labour Party	[?]	St Johns Church Hall, Bolton
1986-08-20	John Hulton	Green Party	Steve Dowsett	The Liverpool, James Street, Liverpool
1986-11-19	Lady Olga Maitland	Daily Express	Steve Coleman	Islington Central Library	[58]
1986-11-20	David Clelland, MP	Labour Party	[?]	St Johns Church Hall, Bolton
1986-11-20	Lindsay Cooke	Green Party	Barry McNeeney	Chiswick Old Town Hall, Turnham Green, W4
1988-03-10	Chris Pryce	Social Democratic Party	Ralph Critchfield	Duke of York
1988-05-19	Keith Nathan	Labour Party	Howard Moss	Headingley Community Centre, Leeds
1988-08-11	Bruce Wallace	Militant Tendency	Derek Devine	Wellgate Library, Dundee
1988-09-08	Kelvin Hopkins	Labour Party	E. Hardy	Duke of York	[59]
1988-09-21	Kelvin Hopkins	Labour Party	Steve Coleman	Luton Central Library
1988-11-02	Ron Brown, MP	Labour Party	Pieter Lawrence	Lambeth Town Hall
1988-12-08	Michael Ivens	Aims for Industry	Pieter Lawrence	Duke of York
1989-02-15	Cllr. David Corkey & Terri Jasper	Labour Party	Tim Kilgallon & Clifford Slapper	Wallsend Town Hall, Wallsend High Street, Wallsend, Tyneside
1989-03-09	[?]	London Anarchist Workers Group	Steve Coleman	Duke of York
1989-04-24	Cllr. Leslie Winter	Conservative Party	Steve Coleman	Cricklewood Hotel, Cricklewood Broadway	[60]
1989-05-05	Jeremy Hywel-Davis	Green Party	Adam Buick	Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace, W4
1989-05-11	Michael Ivens	Aims for Industry	Clifford Slapper	Duke of York	[61]
1989-07-06	[?]	Communist Workers Organisation	[?]	The Liverpool, James Street, Liverpool
1989-07-19	Jenny Davies	Social Democratic Party	Clifford Slapper	St Georges Square, Luton
1988-07-31	Rev. Gerald Beauchamp	Christian	Sandy Easton	Prince of Wales, 101 Willesden Lane, NW
1988-08-10	Gerald Hartop	Freedom Association	Ron Cook	Duke of York
1988-09-14	Gary Hawkins	Labour Party	Steve Coleman	Duke of York
1988-09-22	Terry Liddle	Republic	Gary Jay	Chiswick Town Hall
1988-10-13	[?]	Ernest Bevin Society	Pieter Lawrence	Chiswick Town Hall
1988-11-17	Wayne David, MEP	Labour Party	[?]	Swansea Central Library, Alexandra Road, Swansea
1988-12-14	Tadek Jaski	Solidarity with Solidarity	Steve Coleman	Duke of York
1990-01-11	Phil Kelly	Tribune	Ralph Critchfield	Duke of York
1990-02-21	David Milne	Green Party	Richard Headicar	Royal Oak, Corporation Street, Eccles
1990-02-08	[?]	Iran Communist	[?]	Duke of York
1990-03-08	Stephen Kreppel	Conservative Party	Richard Headicar	Duke of York
1990-03-12	Derek Wall	Green Party	Adam Buick	Hope Centre, Hope Chapel Hill, Hotwells, Bristol
1990-03-15	[?]	Association of World Federalists	Les Cox	Chiswick Town Hall
1990-03-24	Cathy Pick	Wandsworth Against the Poll Tax	[?]	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1990-04-13	Adrian Lee	Young Conservatives	Dave Perrin	Chiswick Town Hall
1990-05-10	Michael Collie	Green Party	Pieter Lawrence	Guildford Institute, Ward Street, Guildford
1990-05-17	Sahib Mutaquim Bleher	Islamic Party of Britain	Sandy Easton	Chiswick Town Hall
1990-07-19	Jack Lane	Labour Party	Adam Buick	Chiswick Town Hall
1990-08-09	Mark Douglas	Green Party	Adam Buick	Highbury Roundhouse Community Centre, 71 Ronalds Road, N5
1990-09-20	Peter Cadogan	anti-socialist	Joe Carter	Chiswick Town Hall
1990-10-31	Simon Macilwaine	Liberal Alliance	Clifford Slapper	Royal Oak, York Street, W1
1988-11-14	Martyn Jones, MP	Labour Party	Clifford Slapper	Chiswick Town Hall
1991-01-17	Mark French	Socialist Campaign for Animal Rights	R. Headicar	Chiswick Town Hall
1991-02-07	Paul Derrick	Robert Owen Association	John Usher	Chiswick Town Hall
1991-03-28	Marc Gordon	International Freedom Association	Dave Perrin	Cleveland Arms, Cleveland Street, W1
1991-04-18	Brian Summers	New Economic Foundation	Charmian Skelton	Chiswick Town Hall
1991-06-15	Chris Wilson	Independent Labour Publications	Richard Headicar	Alex Wood Hall, Norfolk Street, Cambridge
1991-06-26	Prof. John de V. Roberts	World Federalists	Ron Cook	The Liberties Bar, 100 Camden High Street, NW1
1991-07-31	Julian Lewis	Conservative Party	Steve Coleman	Liberties Bar
1991-08-13	Fred Harrison	Centre for Incentive Taxation	Adam Buick	Land and Liberty office, 177 Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1
1991-09-19	Mark Campanale	Green investment advisor	Pieter Lawrence	Chiswick Town Hall
1991-09-25	Toby Fiennes	Green Party	Clifford Slapper	Liberties Bar
1991-10-31	Prof. David Marsland	anti-socialist	Steve Coleman	Chiswick Town Hall
1992-01-13	John Kemp	Land and Liberty	Joe Carter	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1992-01-17	Barry Macleod-Cullinane	Karl Menger Society	Adam Buick	Chiswick Town Hall
1992-02-26	Terry Liddle	Labour Party	Steve Coleman	Liberties Bar
1992-03-20	[?]	Green Anarchist	Richard Headicar	Chiswick Town Hall
1992-03-25	[?]	Libertarian Alliance	[?]	Liberties Bar
1992-04-02	Mark Brady	Libertarian Alliance	Adam Buick	Falkland Arms, 31 Bloomsbury Way, WC1
1992-06-06	Cllr. Roger Lord	Conservative Party	Steve Coleman	Arena Sports and Leisure Club, Circular Road East, Colchester	[62]
1992-06-19	[?]	Socialist Organiser	Sharon Pinner	Chiswick Town Hall
1992-07-08	Cllr. Ellis Hillman	Labour Party	Steve Coleman	Liberties Bar	[63]
1992-09-18	Paul Coulam	Anti-Federalist League	Sandy Easton	Chiswick Town Hall
1992-09-25	Bob Layton	Libertarian Alliance	Pieter Lawrence	Beacon Centre, 42a Richmond Road, Kingston
1991-10-16	Astra Seibe	Green Party	Richard Headicar	Chiswick Town Hall
1991-11-17	Robert Burrage	New Right	Steve Coleman	West Greenwich House, Greenwich High Street, SE10
1991-12-06	Wally Bensilum	Liberal Democrats	Pieter Lawrence	The Arena, Colchester
1993-02-19	Chris Marsh	Peace Tax Campaign	Richard Headicar	Chiswick Town Hall
1993-03-19	Robert Whelan	Committee on Population	Gwynn Thomas	Chiswick Town Hall
1993-05-21	Paul Deacon	Transeuropa	John Usher	Chiswick Town Hall
1993-06-23	Cllr. Roger Hughes	Liberal Democrats	Steve Coleman	Wharncliffe Hotel, Bevercotes Road, Sheffield
1993-07-28	Sir Robin Williams	Campaign for an Independent Britain	Slapper	Conway Hall	[64]
1993-10-14	Charles Secrett	Friends of the Earth	Pieter Lawrence	Empress of Russia, 362 St John Street, EC1
1993-11-11	John Papworth	Fourth World Review	[?]	Empress of Russia
1993-12-02	Niall O’Connor	Troops Out Movement	Richard Headicar	Islington Central Library
1993-12-02	Rev. Angela Robinson	Christian Socialist	[?]	Arena, Colchester
1993-12-09	Stan Newens, MEP	Labour Party	Steve Coleman	Friends House, 175-177 Euston Road, NW1	[65]
1994-01-21	Lord Desai	Labour Party	Adam Buick	Chiswick Town Hall
1994-04-27	Jerry Hayes, MP	Conservative Party	Dick Donnelly	Conway Hall
1994-05-06	[?]	Communist Workers Organisation	Sandy Easton	Chiswick Town Hall
1994-05-20	Niki Kort Velyessy	Green Party	Clifford Slapper	Kensington Central Library, Phillimore Walk, W8
1994-05-26	[?]	Communist Workers Organisation	Dave Perrin	Three Cranes Hotel, 74 Queen Street, Sheffield
1994-06-01	Michael Meadowcroft	Liberal Party	Clifford Slapper	Conway Hall
1994-06-04	Richard Bourne	Fabian Society	Steve Coleman	Arena, Colchester
1994-09-25	Keith Brown	Scottish National Party	Dick Donnelly	15 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh
1994-11-21	R. Cuper	Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform	Jacek Krauze	Chiswick Town Hall
1994-11-24	Pat Murphy	Socialist Organiser	Adam Buick	Sheffield Centre Against Unemployment, 73 West Street, Sheffield
1993-12-19	Denis O’Keefe	free-marketer	Steve Coleman	Chiswick Town Hall
1995-01-15	Cllr. Donnachadh McCarthy	Liberal Democrats	Adam Buick	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1995-02-02	[?]	Green Party	Pieter Lawrence	Arena, Colchester
1995-02-22	Judy Maciejowska	Campaign for Political Ecology	Pieter Lawrence Beacon Centre, 42 Richmond Road, Kingston, Surrey
1995-11-15	Nick Best	Green Party	John Bissett	Newcastle University
1995-02-27	Michael Hayman	Young Conservatives	Chris McColl	Three Cranes Hotel, 74 Queen Street, Sheffield
1995-03-17	Phillip Loads	free-marketer	Richard Headicar	Chiswick Town Hall
1995-03-19	Terry Liddle	Labour Party	Richard Headicar	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1995-03-28	[?]	Green Party	Pieter Lawrence	Brighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton
1995-04-14	Tom Rigby	Alliance for Workers Liberty	Nigel McCullough	Conway Hall
1995-04-23	Robert Corfe	Full Employment League	Pat Deutz	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1995-05-18	Jamal Harwood	Luton Cultural Islamic Society	Richard Headicar	University of Luton, Park Square, Luton
1995-05-19	David Cairns	Christian Socialist Movement	Adam Buick	Chiswick Town Hall
1993-05-30	[?]	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament	Steve Coleman	Brighthelm Centre, Brighton
1993-06-05	[?]	International Marxist Convention	[?]	Chiswick Town Hall
1993-07-26	David Senior	Conservative Party	Clifford Slapper	Conway Hall
1991-09-24	David Reid	anti-socialist	Cyril Evans	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1988-09-27	Tony Pearce	Christian	Ron Cook	Conway Hall
1986-10-25	Mark Osborn	Alliance for Workers Liberty	Adam Buick	University of London Union, Malet Street, WC1	[66]
1986-11-02	[?]	Friends of Bosnia Society	Brian Johnson	Students Union
1905-11-19	[?]	Reclaim the Streets	[?]	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1905-12-06	[?]	Alliance for Workers Liberty	[?]	St Enoch Hotel, Howard Street, Glasgow
1996-03-13	Cllr. Ed Young	Conservative Party	Clifford Slapper	Royal Holloway University, Egham, Surrey
1996-04-07	Dan Wheatley	Association of World Federalists	Vic Vanni	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1996-06-17	Richard Laming	Federal Union	Dave Flynn	Chiswick Town Hall
1996-09-25	Sir Teddy Taylor	Conservative Party	Clifford Slapper	Lambeth Town Hall, Acre Lane, SW
1996-11-24	Andrew Sawdon	Liberal Democrats	Richard Headicar	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1997-02-17	[?]	Socialist Labour Party	Dave Flynn	Chiswick Town Hall
1997-04-25	Dominic Hobson	Conservative Party	Peter Maloney	Conway Hall
1998-03-16	[?]	Mebyon Kernow	[?]	The Yacht Club, Promenade, Penzance
1998-04-27	Dorene Robinson	Cornish Liberal Party	Vincent Otter	The Yacht Club, Penzance
1997-04-28	Paul Holmes	Liberal Party	Vincent Otter	Community Centre, South Terrace, Camborne, Cornwall
1997-06-04	Sir Richard Body, MP	Conservative Party	Dave Flynn	Conway Hall
1997-06-05	Andrew George, MP	Liberal Democrats	Dick Donnelly	YMCA, Alverton Road, Penzance
1996-09-07	Cllr. Phil Andrews	local politician	[?]	Chiswick Town Hall
1999-02-17	Alison Williams	Commission on Global Governance	C. Slapper	Marchmont Community Centre, 62 Marchmont Street, WC1
1999-11-06	Kate Buckell	Alliance for Workers Liberty	Dave Flynn	Caxton House, St Johns Way, N19
2000-07-17	Naomi McPherson	The Alternative Approach	Stuart Watkins	SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
2003-07-08	Richard Balfe, MEP	Conservative Party	Sandy Easton	Conway Hall
2006-10-09	UCL Debating Society	pro-War on Terror	Bill Martin	University College London	[67]

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