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The Guardian five-minute debates
Zero-hours contracts: are they bad for workers? G 12 August 2013
Zero-hours contracts: are they bad for workers? - five-minute debate Video
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Zoe Williams takes on Alexander Ehmann of the Institute of Directors over employers' increasing use of zero-hours contracts. Do they enable businesses to take on more staff than they otherwise would? Or, as critics suggest, are they being used to undermine employment rights and exploit vulnerable workers?
YouTube > Guardian Published 12 August 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1ljFtbSdNI
Is the internet bringing out the best in us? G 15 July 2013
Is the internet bringing out the best in us? - five-minute debate Video
Susan Greenfield and David Babbs, executive director of the social campaigning site 38 Degrees, debate whether, for its rapid technological advances, the internet is bringing out the best in us.
Lady Greenfield is a long-time sceptic about the value of social networking sites such as Facebook -- but Babbs argues that most people are adept at separating online and offline reality.
YouTube > Guardian Published 15 July 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8uDfH0-RSA
Is superstition irrational? G 5 November 2013
Is superstition irrational? - five-minute video debate
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Britain is preparing to let off fireworks and light bonfires to commemorate the death of Guy Fawkes and the foiling of his gunpowder plot to blow up parliament.
But what part do ritual and superstition play in modern life - and is it rational?
Guardian columnist Giles Fraser discusses these questions with Tracy King, rationalist and producer of Tim Minchin's Storm movie
YouTube > Guardian Published 5 November 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nga1SHUb_mQ&list=PLa_1MA_DEorGkBGoM7RIsnGMMKOitJZ0e
Does migration harm developing countries? G 7 October 2013
Does migration harm developing countries? - five-minute debate Video Guardian Published 7 October 2013
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Does the money and skills returning migrants bring to developing countries outweigh the brain-drain effect?
Is migration a subject that can be discussed dispassionately?
And what would an effective policy look like?
Paul Collier, Oxford professor of economics, and author of Exodus, joins Guardian columnist Alex Andreou to debate the effects on developing countries of large-scale migration.
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Should there be restrictions on wearing the niqab? G 25 September 2013
Should there be restrictions on wearing the niqab? - five-minute debate Video Guardian Published 25 September 2013
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Columnists Nabila Ramdani and Joan Smith discuss whether any restrictions should apply to the wearing of the Islamic full-face veil (niqab) in public.
Is Britain on the way to a French-style ban? Is the matter one of national importance? Or are the number of people wearing the niqab in Britain too small for it to be a serious concern?
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7inQI3S1Nk
Are budget airlines bad for us? G 3 September 2013
Are budget airlines bad for us? - five-minute debate Video Guardian 3 September 2013
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Mark Smith of Seat61.com, an advocate for train and ferry travel, debates budget air travel with Guardian transport correspondent Gwyn Topham. Does it take the joy out of journeys? Or is the opening up of foreign travel to millions of people on modest incomes a great social good?
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL8HiujJdd0
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