British Parliamentary Debate-----Summary of Speakers’ Role in Bp Style
British Parliamentary Debate-----Summary of Speakers’ Role in BP Style Opening Government
OG1 (Prime Minister)
1. Define
2. Develop case/ state issue
3. Team Split/ Arguments(Usually two)
4. Ending
OG2 (Deputy Prime Minister)
1. Rebuttal against OO1
2. Defend your case—if OO1 challenge your stand or definition
3. 1 or more arguments
4. Brief summary as ending for both OG1 & OG2
Opening Opposition
OO1 (Leader of Opposition)
1. Accept/ Reject/ Clarify Definition
2. Rebuttals
3. Develop case
4. Team Split/ Arguments (Usually two)
5. Ending
OO2 (Deputy Leader of Opposition)
1. Rebuttals against whole OG’s case
2. Defending the Opposition’s case
3. 1 or more arguments
4. Brief summary of OO1 & OO2’s arguments as ending Closing Government
CG1 (Member of Government)
1. Rebuttals against OO’s case
2. Provide an Extension to the Opening Government’s Case
3. 1 or more new arguments based on the Extension
4. Brief summary as ending
CG2 (Government Whip)
1. Rebuttals against CO’s Case
2. Summary of rebuttals (all major rebuttals)
3. Summary of the Government’s arguments(OG &CG)
4. No new argument!
Closing Opposition
CO1 (Member of Opposition)
1. Rebuttals against OG and CG’s case
2. Provide an Extension to the Opening Opposition’s case
3. 1 or more new arguments based on the Extension
4. Brief summary as ending
CO2 (Opposition Whip)
1. Summary of rebuttals (all major rebuttals)
2. Summary of the Opposition’s arguments(OG &CG)
3. No new argument!
Classification of Motion:
1. Openness
1) Open
2) Semi-open
3) Closed
2. Topics
1) Policy
2) Value
3) Fact/ statement
2 kinds of Cases:
1. Hard-line case—have great burden
2. Soft-line—not that clashes
Model to analyze policy motion:
1. Identify the problem
2. Specific solution to solve the problem
3. Justification—criteria
4. Effectiveness 5P—done by Prime Minister:
1. Problem analysis—status quo
2. Policy—model debate
3. Principle—first principle
OG1 (Prime Minister)
1. Define
2. Develop case/ state issue
3. Team Split/ Arguments(Usually two)
4. Ending
OG2 (Deputy Prime Minister)
1. Rebuttal against OO1
2. Defend your case—if OO1 challenge your stand or definition
3. 1 or more arguments
4. Brief summary as ending for both OG1 & OG2
Opening Opposition
OO1 (Leader of Opposition)
1. Accept/ Reject/ Clarify Definition
2. Rebuttals
3. Develop case
4. Team Split/ Arguments (Usually two)
5. Ending
OO2 (Deputy Leader of Opposition)
1. Rebuttals against whole OG’s case
2. Defending the Opposition’s case
3. 1 or more arguments
4. Brief summary of OO1 & OO2’s arguments as ending Closing Government
CG1 (Member of Government)
1. Rebuttals against OO’s case
2. Provide an Extension to the Opening Government’s Case
3. 1 or more new arguments based on the Extension
4. Brief summary as ending
CG2 (Government Whip)
1. Rebuttals against CO’s Case
2. Summary of rebuttals (all major rebuttals)
3. Summary of the Government’s arguments(OG &CG)
4. No new argument!
Closing Opposition
CO1 (Member of Opposition)
1. Rebuttals against OG and CG’s case
2. Provide an Extension to the Opening Opposition’s case
3. 1 or more new arguments based on the Extension
4. Brief summary as ending
CO2 (Opposition Whip)
1. Summary of rebuttals (all major rebuttals)
2. Summary of the Opposition’s arguments(OG &CG)
3. No new argument!
Classification of Motion:
1. Openness
1) Open
2) Semi-open
3) Closed
2. Topics
1) Policy
2) Value
3) Fact/ statement
2 kinds of Cases:
1. Hard-line case—have great burden
2. Soft-line—not that clashes
Model to analyze policy motion:
1. Identify the problem
2. Specific solution to solve the problem
3. Justification—criteria
4. Effectiveness 5P—done by Prime Minister:
1. Problem analysis—status quo
2. Policy—model debate
3. Principle—first principle