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Multiculturalism Debate

THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT THE MULTICULTURAL EXPERIMENT HAS FAILED

PROPOSITION

NIGEL HASTILOW
Prospective parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party made to resign after saying that Enoch Powell was right about immigration.

BRUNO LE MAIRE
French MP, Former Chief of Staff of Villepin

OPPOSITION

TARIQ RAMADAN
Swiss academic and radical Muslim theologian, ranked by Prospect as one of the ten most important intellectuals alive.

SIR BERNARD CRICK
Democratic socialist political theorist, author and emeritus professor of politics at the University of London.

KAREN CHOUHAN
Activist and community organizer, chair of the Black Londoners Forum and the London Equalities Commission, former CEO of the 1990 Trust.

Date: Thu 16th October, 2008 at 7:30pm

Dinner is available for this event

You must log in to book places (link at top right). You must book a place if you wish to attend a pre-debate dinner as places are limited but debates are open to all and are strictly first come first served

Booking does not guarantee a place; in the interests of fairness, places are allocated . Using the following method. Preference is given to those who have the hishest number of points. Points are awarded and removed using the following system:
  • 2 points will be added each time you fail to receive a place
  • 0 points will be added or removed if you apply for a place but cancel your request before places are allocated
  • 1 point will be removed if you receive a place but inform the Entertainments Officer you are unable to attend more than 24 hours before the event takes place
  • 2 points will be removed if you receive a place and attend the event
  • 5 points will be removed if you receive a place and fail to attend the event without giving the Entertainments Officer 24 hours notice
  • 10 points will be removed if you receive a place and fail to attend the event without giving the Entertainments Officer any notice

You will be notified by email in advance whether you have a place or not.

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