CDS Conquers England: Update From the UK

LONDON -- Current CDS member Christophe Lamy announced his triumphant arrival on the UK debating circuit on October 11th, emphatically winning the UCL President's Cup with partner and ex-CDS member Woon Lee. 

After scraping into the final, Lamy and Lee found themselves having to propose the motion that "This House Would Repeal the Human Rights Act and leave the European Convention on Human Rights." Having absolutely no understanding of this motion, Lamy and Lee were seconds away from proposing the motion with a solitary independent point: that the Human Rights Act was illegitimate as the US had not ratified it, not knowing that the Act in question was actually a British Act, not the UN human rights charter. 

In a last-minute manoeuvre, Lamy and lee decided to "wing it," instead proposed abolishing all human rights charters on various grounds, such as its violation of the rights of vegetarians, its discrimination against animals, its contradiction of Hobbesian ideals, and its unfair constraints on material self-actualization through performance art that incorporates murder. 

The debate also featured what has been collectively described as the "funniest moment in British debate, ever." In responding to an Oxford A POI that "the European convention on human rights might be based on Christian ideals," Lamy responded with "Yeah well so are the Chronicles of Narnia." The round literally had to be paused for the house to come to order. 

After an hour of deliberation, team LSE D succeeded not only in winning the overwhelming popular vote, but also defeated UCL, Oxford A, and Oxford B for the championship, in a final 5-3 judges' decision. 

Lamy and Lee now look to continue their winning form at subsequent BP tournaments in the UK, and extend a warm invitation to any CDS members looking to participate at Worlds. 

Chicago, and LSE, 4eva!