Arguments: 1. This can encourage an importation of criminality .
2. The unarmed nation may be seen as a soft touch compared to other regional nations .
3. As armed violence has increased sharply in parts of the developed world , the police need to redefine their role so that it is a more appropriate response to contemporary problems .
4. The old-fashioned notions of friendly neighborhood unarmed policing reflect the aspirations of a different age .
5. There is also danger in being a state with unarmed police when others states have armed police forces .
6. In the UK , for example , gun crime almost doubled in the decade to 2008 , while the rise in London gun crime has tripled , the police need to be able to respond to this .

Debate: This House would arm the police


Arguments: 1. Adverts occupy more public space than ever before in history .
2. Due to technology , public space is global and ads can been seen around the world , in 2009 the UK became the first major economy where advertisers spend more on internet advertising than on television advertising .
3. Through such dominance , ads contribute to attitudes and values .
4. Due to their power to influence attitudes within a society , serious attention should be paid to the content of advertising .

Debate: This House would ban sexist advertising


Arguments: 1. The existence of such a military rival would therefore force the United States to increase its investment in its State Department and diplomatic solutions to political crises .
2. Ultimately , peace would be more effectively maintained .
3. A strong , effective and impartial United Nations standing army would deny powerful military states the right to bully and blackmail rivals into submission with the threat of military force .
4. A UN army would be able to balance that threat with their own willingness to come to the aid of states under military duress .
5. The United States , unwilling to risk a protracted conflict against a respected , well-trained multi-national force would have to fall back .
6. To use an example , American military intervention in Vietnam , against the wishes of the majority of the population , could have been prevented had a U.N. standing army existed to respond to the wishes of the Vietnamese people and stand against the United States intervention .

Debate:
This house would create a UN standing army