Socialist Party of Great Britain debates

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Debates between the Socialist Party of Great Britain and other groups were a core component of promoting the SPGB's doctrines and exposing its message to a broader audience.

Debates were not a major part of the SPGB until the 1930s. Before then, the party instead relied on outdoor speaking, particularly at established street corner venues. The number of SPGB debates held peaked in the 1980s. In the last ten years, however, debating has virtually ceased as an operation of the SPGB.

The SPGB has been noted for its willingness to debate against far right figures such as S. R. Probyn, Michael Goulding and Raven Thompson from the British Union of Fascists, and Denis Pirie from the National Front.

Until the 1970s, debates were primarily held in the winter months. Most of the debates have occurred in London, where the party headquarters is based.

List of debates

This is not a full list since many debates, particularly in the early years, went unreported in the Socialist Standard , the main source of information.

DateOpponentAffiliation/stanceSPGB speakerVenueNotes
1905-10-29W. A. Wilson Cobden Club Jack Fitzgerald Dovecote Hall, 78 High Road, Wood Green
1906-08-12G. Geis Socialist Labour Party Jack Fitzgerald Peckham Rye (outdoor) [1]
1906-10-07J. Davis Liberal Party Alex AndersonFinsbury Park (outdoor)
1907-01-20 E. J. B. Allen Socialist Labour Party Jack Fitzgerald Engineers Institute, Plumstead [2]
1907-09-20 Mr. Whybrow Independent Labour Party Alex Anderson Tottenham (outdoor) [3]
1907-11-20Tom Swann Independent Labour Party J. W. MarshCo-operative Hall, Ashton Old Road, Manchester [4]
1908-01-12W. Underwood Anarchist Jack Fitzgerald Laburnum House, 134 High Street, Battersea [4]
1908-01-12R. C. K. Ensor Independent Labour Party Alex Anderson Poplar, East London [3]
1908-02-23N. Walter Anarchist Jack Fitzgerald Laburnum House, 134 High Street, Battersea [3]
1908-05-03Lawler Wilson Anti-Socialist Union Jack Fitzgerald Battersea Town Hall, Lavender Hill, SW [5]
1908-06-18Mr. Theedham Central Finsbury Liberal Association Jack Fitzgerald Islington (outdoor) [6]
1908-08-02W. Davis Socialist Labour Party Jack Fitzgerald Bury [7]
1909-03-12Mr. Urwin Anti-Socialist Union Alex Anderson Tottenham, North London [8]
1909-05-27 E. J. B. Allen Industrialist League Jack Fitzgerald Latchmere Road Baths, Battersea, SW [9]
1909-10-13 T. A. Jackson Independent Labour Party Jack Fitzgerald Tooting Graveney schools, Tooting, SW [10]
1910-04-01 Percy Alden, MP Liberal Party Alex Anderson Earlesmead School, Tottenham [11]
1910-04-04Mr. Wimbourne Liberal Party F. E. Dawkins Manor Park, East London [12]
1910-06G. W. de Tunzelmann Anti-Socialist Union Jack Fitzgerald Rusholme Public Hall, Rusholme, Manchester [13]
1911-06-01 Albion Richardson, MP Liberal Party Jack Fitzgerald Liberal Club, Peckham [14]
1911-06-03 Laura Ainsworth Women's Social and Political Union Alex Anderson Clock Tower, Gravesend [15]
1912-02-28Rev. G. S. PooleVicar of St. James's, GravesendF. VickersSt. James' Church Institute., Gravesend [16]
1912-03-26A. E. MoiseNorth London Christian Evidence LeagueF. VickersCaledonian Road Baths, Islington [17]
1912-05-21Samuel Samuels Conservative Party Jack Fitzgerald Graveney Road Schools, Tooting [18]
1913-07-25J. Ingham Independent Labour Party Jack Fitzgerald Assembly Rooms, Brighton [19]
1913-10Mr. Hawker Independent Labour Party T. WilkinsWealdstone [20]
1925-03-08F. Kirkley London Constitutional Labour Movement R. Reynolds Leyton Town Hall, High Road, Leyton [21]
1927-10-09G. R. Wheeler Conservative Party Jack Fitzgerald Battersea Town Hall
1927-11-13Major H. Gillespie Economic League E. Hardy Stratford Town Hall, Stratford Broadway
1928-01-25Edward Baker Young Liberal League Adolph KohnEarlham Hall, Forest Gate
1928-04-20 Philip Guedalla Liberal Party Jack Fitzgerald Co-op Hall, Platt Lane, Rusholme, Manchester [22]
1928-05-23 James Maxton Independent Labour Party Jack Fitzgerald Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, EC1 [23]
1929-04-07 A. Marshall Diston Independent Labour Party E. Hardy Stratford Town Hall
1930-03-28 J. T. Murphy Communist Party of Great Britain Eric BodenAEU Institute, Stanley Road, Sheffield [24]
1931-05-27 Peter Kerrigan Communist Party of Great Britain Alex ShawChalmers Street, Clydebank, Glasgow [25]
1931-06-14Stuart Barr New Party E. Hardy Stratford Town Hall [26]
1932-01-14H. Crooks Independent Labour Party Edmund HowarthNUT, 3 Highams Place, Newcastle [27]
1932-11-15Atkins National Guild of Co-operators Isaac GinsbergCo-operative Hall, Sutton
1932-11-27Mrs E. Tennant Conservative Party E. Hardy Stratford Town Hall [28]
1932-12-02N. Dunbar Independent Labour Party E. Hardy Bethnal Green Town Hall [28]
1933-02-13Mrs E. Tennant Conservative Party E. Hardy Public Hall, Canning Town
1933-02-19 Michael Stewart Labour Party G. Bellingham Poplar Town Hall [29]
1933-05-07Ralph Fox Communist Party of Great Britain Sid RubinGrove House, High Road, Leyton [30]
1934-10-19G. H. Loman Labour Party RobertusWorking Men’s Club, Clerkenwell Road [31]
1935-03-23Probyn British Union of Fascists E. Hardy Mawney Road Schools, Romford [32]
1936-01-12M. Goulding British Union of Fascists RobertusCraigwell Café, Peter Street, Manchester
1936-11-06 Guy Aldred anarchist J. HigginsClarion Scouts Hall, North Portland Street, Glasgow
1936-12-07Raj Hansa Bolshevik-Leninists Adolph KohnAEU Hall, 39 Doughty Street, WC1
1937-02-01Capt. Munford Peace Pledge Union G. CliffordAEU Hall, 39 Doughty Street, WC1
1937-03-14David Keir News Chronicle F. GraingerAEU Hall, 39 Doughty Street, WC1
1937-04-07 Jack Gaster Communist Party of Great Britain Sammy Cash Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace, W4
1937-04-12 Claud Jacob Constructive Commonwealth Union F. GraingerAEU Hall, 39 Doughty Street, WC1
1937-06-07Dr. E. Conze Labour Party E. Hardy Essex Hall, Essex Street, Strand
1937-06-17R. Gilionpro-united front Bill WatersPetit Farm, Heathway, Dagenham
1937-06-25Raj Hansa Bolshevik-Leninists Eric BodenFriars Hall, Blackfriars Road, SE1
1938-01-28 C.L.R. James Marxist Group G. CliffordTrade Union Hall, 24 New Oxford Street
1938-02-20 Fenner Brockway & Bob Edwards Independent Labour Party [?]Co-op Hall, Downing Street, Manchester
1938-10-14M. A. Phillips Social Credit Party E. Hardy Mawney Road School, Romford
1940-05-06 Barbara Wootton Federal Union E. Hardy Conway Hall [33]
1940-05-19Gerry Bradley Fourth International Sid Rubin Conway Hall
1941-11-16 Eva Hubback pro-family allowances Clifford Groves Conway Hall
1942-01-11 Frank Ridley Independent Labour Party Clifford Groves Conway Hall
1942-02-22Raj Hansa Trotskyist[?]Tony Turner Conway Hall
1942-07-22 Walter Padley Independent Labour Party Clifford GrovesFriends Hall, Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow
1942-12-20D. McGregor Independent Labour Party Sammy CashSt. Ann’s Library, Tottenham
1942-12-20M. G. Bennett Labour Party A. ReginaldLabour Rooms, 95 Grove Vale, SE22
1943-01-24Mat Kavanagh Anarchist Federation Tony TurnerIslington Central Library, Holloway Road, N7
1943-05-03 Capt. B. Acworth Liberty Restoration League Sid Rubin Conway Hall
1943-12-01 Walter Padley Independent Labour Party Sammy CashCentral Hall, Acton
1944-01-23 Jock Haston Workers International League Tony Turner Conway Hall
1945-01-14A. Cooper Revolutionary Communist Party Desmond FenwickRuskin House, Wellesley Road, Croydon
1944-03-18C. Allaun Labour Party Harry Young Chorlton Town Hall, All Saints, Manchester
1944-04-08 Sir Waldron Smithers Conservative Party Clifford Groves Shoreditch Town Hall
1943-09-23E. Grant Revolutionary Communist Party Tony TurnerHolborn Hall
1942-11-14Commander E. Prior Conservative Party Harry YoungRomford Road Baths, Stratford
1946-05-10Frank Maitland Independent Labour Party Harry YoungShacklewell Lane schools, Hackney
1946-12-16Major Guy Lloyd, MP Conservative Party Tony TurnerSt. Andrews Grand Hall, Glasgow
1947-02-12Tom Howard Conservative Party Tony Turner Islington Town Hall, Upper Street, N1
1947-07-14 Evan Durbin Labour Party Tony Turner Edmonton Town Hall
1946-07-16 Jock Haston Revolutionary Communist Party Desmond FenwickBethnal Green Central Library
1946-10-17 Tom Colyer Independent Labour Party Cyril May Co-op Hall, Lakedale Road, Plumstead, SE18
1946-11-10 Alexander Raven Thomson Union of British Freedom Tony Turner Kensington Town Hall
1909-11-19 Jock Haston Revolutionary Communist PartyClifford GrovesCo-op Hall, Hampton Wick
1905-12-22R. TearseRevolutionary Communist PartyHarry YoungBethnal Green Central Library
1948-02-05George Hansen Revolutionary Communist Party Harry Young Ealing Town Hall
1948-02-19 Sir Waldron Smithers, MP League of Individualists Cyril May Surbiton Assembly Rooms
1948-04-12Colin Brooks Society of Individualists Clifford GrovesKensington Town Hall
1948-06-01George Jones Communist Party of Great Britain Tony Turner Hornsey Town Hall [34]
1948-06-07 John Parker Labour Party Clifford Groves Fulham Town Hall
1948-07-01R. Tearse Revolutionary Communist Party Desmond Fenwick Conway Hall [35]
1948-07Christopher Hollis, MP Conservative Party Harry YoungEaling Town Hall [36]
1905-08-12J. M. Hutchinson Industrial Workers of the World Bill WatersWatling Community Centre, Orange Hill Road, Burnt Oak
1948-11-28D. Garbutt Revolutionary Communist Party Tony MulheronGlasgow Central Halls
1949-01-20G. Hansen Revolutionary Communist Party Cyril May Greenford Library, Oldfield Lane, Greenford
1949-02-28Frederick Mullally Labour Party Tony TurnerFulham Town Hall [37]
1949-03-21 Arthur Blenkinsop, MP Labour Party Harry YoungKensington Town Hall [38]
1949-04-04 David Eccles, MP Conservative Party Bill WatersEaling Town Hall [39]
1949-05-05S. W. Alexander Society of Individual Freedom Tony TurnerEaling Town Hall
1949-05-19 Bernard Braine Conservative Party Jim D’Arcy British Legion Hall, Rayleigh, Essex
1949-06-29 R. Graham Page Conservative Party Harry YoungIslington Town Hall
1949-07-08J. Frankenburg Liberal Party W. ReedBethnal Green Library, Cambridge Heath Road, E2
1949-07-22F. Martel Liberal Party Harry YoungStag House Civic Restaurant, The Broadway, Burnt Oak [40]
1905-11-15J. Sack Young Communist League Douglas VerityTottenham Central Library
1905-12-15J. Paul Conservative Party Tony TurnerAssembly Hall, Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17
1950-02-06Mrs B. Curtis Liberal Party Harry YoungManor Street baths, Clapham [41]
1950-03-09Raven Thompson Fascist Douglas VerityCo-op Hall, 129 Seven Sisters Road, N7
1950-04-03G. Kraus Crusade for World Government Tony TurnerBarnfield Road School, Burnt Oak
1950-04-18[?] Independent Labour Party [?]Fulham Central Library
1950-07-19 Sir Waldron Smithers, MP Conservative Party Harry YoungPoplar Civic Theatre, Bow Road, E3 [42]
1950-10-06 Roy Douglas Liberal Party Frederick JamesBethnal Green Library
1950-10-29Rev. K. Parkinson Christian Arthur GeorgeThe Ring, Handside Lane, Welwyn Garden City
1950-11-03V. H. Blundell Henry George School of Social Science W. ReadBethnal Green Library, Cambridge Heath Road, E2
1950-11-05Karl Westwood Labour Party Bill WatersVernon Hall, Sheen
1950-11-16E. Atkins Peace Pledge Union G. WatersCivic Hall, Crown Hill, Croydon
1950-12-13G. F. Plume Peace Pledge Union London speakerCo-op Hall, 129 Seven Sisters Road, N7
1951-02-02 Sybil Morrison Peace Pledge Union Frederick JamesBethnal Green Library
1951-03-30 Sybil Morrison Peace Pledge Union Frederick JamesBethnal Green Library
1951-11-25Eddie Shaw London Anarchist Group Tony TurnerDenison House, Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1
1951-12-17 Ashley Bramall Labour Party James ThorburnScouts Hall, Mayplace Road, Bexley Heath [43]
1952-01-14Roy Douglas Liberal Party James ThorburnShoreditch Town Hall
1952-06-19Arnold Bender Liberal Party Tony TurnerGreenford Library, Oldfield Lane, Greenford, Middx
1952-10-02George Plume Peace Pledge Union Harry Young Hammersmith Town Hall
1952-11-24George Schwartz The Sunday Times E. Hardy Kensington Town Hall
1953-02-09Roy Douglas Liberal Party Jim D’Arcy Hammersmith Town Hall
1953-03-01Philip Sansom London Anarchist Group Tony TurnerDennison House
1953-03-16Gordon Evans United Nations Association Tony TurnerKensington Town Hall
1953-06-04H. Polland Liberal Party W. KerrSalisbury Road School, Manor Park, E12
1951-09-08Roy Douglas Liberal Party Tony TurnerRed Cross Hall, 153 Shirley Road, Addiscombe
1951-11-11A. G. Jenkins Sunday Chronicle Tony TurnerFulham Town Hall
1951-12-10Winifred Watson Crusade for World Government H. ReedEaling Town Hall
1951-12-16Ayana Deva Angadi author Cyril May Fulham Town Hall
1954-01-22 Arthur Skeffington, MP Labour Party Cyril May Mellow Lane School, Hayes, Middx.
1954-02-07John Fitzgerald Crusade for World Government Harry Young Ilford Town Hall
1954-02-19G. Plume Peace Pledge Union W. ReadBethnal Green Library
1954-10-29Jean Henderson Liberal Party Robert CosterTrade Union Hall, Woodford Road, Watford
1954-11-17P. Monkhouse Peace Pledge Union W. KerrIlford Labour Hall, High Road, Ilford
1954-12-19R. B. Wilkie Scottish National Congress Alex ShawCentral Halls, Bath Street, Glasgow
1955-01-16 Oliver Brown Scottish National Congress Tony MulheronCentral Halls, Glasgow
1955-04-24W. Watson Jehovah’s witness Horace JarvisSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1955-05-02 Colin Brown Liberal Party J. HigginsSt. Andrews Halls, Glasgow
1955-11-16Evan Richards Liberal Party Bob CosterLeyton Town Hall, High Road, E10
1956-02-06Frank Maitland Independent Labour Party E. WilmottCentral Library, Spa Road, Bermondsey
1956-11-19Frank Maitland Independent Labour Party Bob CosterFulham Town Hall
1956-12-14J. Britz Militant Socialist Group W. ReadBethnal Green Library
1957-01-25Rev. J. Penny-Davies Christian J. Flowers Broadmead Baptist Chapel, Bristol
1957-03-20B. Henderson Communist Party of Great Britain Harry BaldwinGuildhall Chambers, Bristol
1957-03-31Barr Catholic Evidence Society H JarvisSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4 [44]
1956-05-16 Donald Rooum London Anarchist Group Bob CosterBethnal Green Library [45]
1955-11-04E. J. Ham Union Movement Jim D’Arcy Lambeth Town Hall
1955-12-11Terence Chivers Peace Pledge Union D. M. de la ToucheLaurie Arms, Crawford Place, N1
1954-12-15Alan Tomkins Socialist Labour Party Cyril May Dennison House, Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1
1958-01-17John Fitzgerald Proportional Representation Society E. GlucksbergBethnal Green Town Hall
1958-01-31Roy Douglas Liberal Party E. CritchfieldBethnal Green Town Hall, Cambridge Heath Road, E2
1958-03-30V. R. Hill Social Credit Propaganda League Bob CosterSt. Andrew’s Halls, Kent Road, Glasgow
1958-12-08S. Thomas Liberal Party Frederick JamesPeople’s Hall, Heathcoate Street, Nottingham
1959-02-20B. K. Preuss Labour Party M. HarrisCo-op Hall, Prewett Street, Bristol
1959-05-10Father Bernard Rickett Catholic Church Bob CosterCoop Educational Centre, Broad Street, Nottingham [46]
1959-06-15Rev. P. M. Barker Liberal Party J. HigginsCommunity Centre, Bellshill, Lanarkshire
1961-06-14Gordon Browne Liberal Party James D’ArcyPublic Hall, High Street, Carshalton
1961-10-29Richard Headicar Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Melvin HarrisDenison House, 296 Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1
1962-05-14 Edward Martell National Fellowship Jim D’Arcy Conway Hall
1962-11-15Councillor Evans Liberal Party Labour Hall, Boston Avenue, Southend
1961-11-19J. Mathieson Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Harry BaldwinSt Albans Hall, Walworth Road, SE17
1963-03-29J. Mumby Liberal Party Cyril May Bromley Library, High Street, Bromley
1963-04-22Henry Tomkin Conservative Party Laurie Weidberg Conway Hall
1964-02-23J. Palmer Labour Party Jim D’Arcy Mahatma Gandhi Hall, Fitzroy Square, W1
1964-03-18 Sydney Bidwell Labour Party Cyril May Hammersmith Town Hall
1963-05-08J. Haigh INDEC Edmund GrantBromley Library, High Street, Bromley
1959-06-18Jim Plant Socialist Labour Party Harry Baldwin Conway Hall
1958-06-25Alan Lomas New Liberal Party (UK)Robert AmbridgeCo-op Hall, 129 Seven Sisters Road, N7
1967-05-21Tony Southall Vietnam Solidarity Campaign Dick DonnellyMcLellan Galleries, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
1967-09-13Mr. Powell Labour Party Young Socialists Bob AmbridgeSwansea [47]
1967-12-10Dafydd Stephens Plaid Cymru Adam Buick 2 Soho Square, W1
1967-12-11R. Kerr Shelter Ray GuyEaling Town Hall
1968-01[?] Tom Kemp Socialist Labour League Adam Buick Hull University [48]
1968-07-16D. Davies Young Liberals Adam Buick Swansea
1969-05Joe Bent Communist Party of Great Britain Ralph CritchfieldHavil Street Hall, Peckham Road, SE5
1969-11-17D. Pirie British National Front Edmund GrantHornsey Town Hall
1970-05 Jeffries & Lavery International Socialists Jim Fleming & Vic VanniFree Gardener’s Hall, Edinburgh [49]
1970-09-14Cllr. Vic Butler Labour Party Adam Buick Muswell Hill library
1972-04-08[?] Independent Labour Party Jim D’Arcy Bolton Institute of Technology, Deane Road, Bolton
1973-05-09[?] Young Conservatives Robert Barltrop Muswell Hill library, N10
1973-09-23Dr. E. Wilson Family Planning Association Dick DonnellyMcLellan Galleries
1974-06-06 Sydney Bidwell Labour Party Robert Barltrop Ealing Town Hall
1975-04-24 Sir Keith Joseph Conservative Party E. Hardy Phillippa Fawcett College [50]
1974-06-06 Sydney Bidwell, MP Labour Party Bob CosterEaling Town Hall
1969-07-03Paul Gerhardt International Socialists Jim D’Arcy Clarendon Press Institute, Walton Street, Oxford [51]
1967-09-21[?] Scottish Republican Clubs Vic VanniMcLellan Galleries
1967-12-02M. Brook Labour Party Young Socialists Tony D’ArcyGreenford Co-op Hall, Greenford Lane [52]
1977-08-20[?] International Communist Current E. Hardy SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1978-02-02[?] Young Conservatives Jim D’Arcy Royal Oak, York Street, W1
1977-05-13[?] International Communist Current [?]Leeds Trade Club, Saville Mount, Leeds
1977-07-14[?] Ecology Party [?]Friends Meeting House, Ward Street, Guildford
1977-10-01[?] Workers Party of Scotland [?]McLellan Galleries
1979-01-25[?] Scottish Labour College Vic VanniTrades Council Halls, 14 Picardy Place, Edinburgh
1979-01-28[?] Workers Party of Scotland Campbell McEwanMcLellan Galleries
1979-03-06 Horace Cutler Conservative Party [?]University College London [53]
1979-09-09 David Ramsay Steele Libertarian Alliance E. Hardy SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1977-11-02 David Alton, MP Liberal Party Adam Buick Liverpool University Students Union
1980-05-03[?] International Communist Current Barry McNeeneyDr Johnson House, Bull Street, Birmingham
1980-06-13 David Ramsay Steele Libertarian Alliance BrownFriends Meeting House, North Street, Guildford
1980-07-30secretary Stoke Communist Party Steve ColemanResource Centre, Mollart Street, Hanley
1980-11-07David Milburn Conservative Party Harry YoungCarlton Arms, Seaham
1981-05-08 Arthur Seldon Institute of Economic Affairs E. Hardy Guildford Friends Meeting House
1981-05-14P. Braithwaite Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Steve ColemanDr Johnson House, Birmingham
1981-05-15N. Smith Social Democratic Party Barry McNeeneyCarlton Arms, Seaham, County Durham
1981-09-10 David Ramsay Steele Libertarian Alliance Ron CookPrince Albert Pub, Wharfdale Road, London, N1
1980-09-11Prof. Antony Flew anti-socialist Steve ColemanBellerby Theatre, Leadale Lane, Guildford [54]
1958-10-09A. Yeeles Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Pieter LawrenceFinsbury Library, St John Street, EC1
1958-11-19[?] Scottish National Party Howard MossPrince Albert
1954-12-09B. Ritchie Association of World Federalists Barry SinclairPrincess Royal, 47 Hereford Road, W2
1982-01-14Edward Charles Christian Socialist Movement Barry McNeeneyPrince Albert
1982-02-11 Albert Meltzer Black Flag Dick DonnellyPrince Albert
1982-02-24 William Shepherd Militant tendency Steve ColemanRuskin House, Combe Road, Croydon [55]
1982-03-07[?] Labour Party Young Socialists Barry McNeeneyLabour Rooms, Blackburn Road, Accrington
1982-05-13B. Kissen Poale Zion Eddy GrantPrince Albert
1982-08-12Tadek Jarski Solidarity with Solidarity Vic VanniPrince Albert
1982-08-27Keith Chesterton Labour Party Eddy GrantGuildford
1982-09-08[?]Croydon Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Pieter LawrenceRuskin House, Croydon
1982-11-11 Monty Johnstone Communist Party of Great Britain Steve ColemanIslington Central Library [56]
1951-12-02Richard Blaustein Conservative Party [?]Prince Albert
1983-01-20 David Martin Social Democratic Party Steve ColemanPrince Albert
1983-02-03R. Hughes Conservative Party Pat DeutzLibraries Hall, Spa Road, Bermondsey, SE1
1983-02-11 Margaret Sharp Social Democratic Party E. Hardy Mount Social Club, Portsmouth Road, Guildford
1983-02-17J. Lewis Coalition for Peace through Security Steve ColemanPrince Albert
1983-03-02I. Smedley Labour Party [?]Ruskin House, Croydon
1983-04-14Susan Ardril Spare Rib Christine MossPrince Albert [57]
1983-05-01 Paul Hirst controlled market economy E. Hardy Prince Albert [58]
1983-07-07Tony Jones Ecology Party Pieter LawrencePrince Albert [59]
1983-09-09Ted Haywood Ecology Party Pieter LawrenceMount Social Club, Guildford
1983-09-21J. Lewis Coalition for Peace through Security Ralph CritchfieldChrist Church Hall, Waterden Road, Guildford
1951-10-07Arthur Johnston Conservative Party E. Hardy The Prince Albert, Wharfdale Road, N1 [60]
1982-12-09 Roger Scruton anti-socialist Howard MossWoodford Road Sports Ground Pavilion, Guildford [61]
1984-01-16Cllr. John France Labour Party Ron CookCentral Library, Alexandra Road, Swansea
1984-01-19 Lady Olga Maitland Families for Defence Steve ColemanIslington Central Library [62]
1984-02-16A. Smith & Harry Phipps Conservative Monday Club Dick Donnelly & Clifford SlapperPrince Albert [63]
1984-03-13 Mike German & Russell Smart SDP-Liberal Alliance Barry McNeeneyBrownhills Hotel, Cardiff
1984-03-22Ronald Malone Fellowship Party Pat WilsonSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1984-06-07Andrew Brierley Federation of Conservative Students Joe CarterIslington Central Library
1984-06-20 Lady Olga Maitland & Virginia Bottomley Conservative Party Clifford Slapper & Dick DonnellyCivic Hall, London Road, Guildford
1984-07-06D. Pallet Conservative Monday Club Steve ColemanMarine Hotel, Clacton
1984-09-13Tony Kerpel Conservative Party Garry SlapperIslington Central Library, Fieldway Crescent, N1
1984-10-27[?] Communist Workers Organisation [?]Prince Albert
1984-11-21John Hoos Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Clifford SlapperWaggon and Horses, Stapleton Road, Bristol
1984-11-30 Tom Sackville, MP Conservative Party Howard MossBolton Central Library
1985-01-10 Teresa Gorman Conservative Party Steve ColemanDuke of York, York Way, N1
1985-02-14Revd. David Humphrey Christian Ron CookDuke of York, York Way, N1 [64]
1985-04-04Cllr. Laurence Spigel Labour Party Steve ColemanDuke of York
1985-04-25 Roger Stott, MP Labour Party Dick DonnellyBolton Central Library
1985-05-10Colin Tipton Socialist Workers Party Steve ColemanThe Star, Quarry Street, Guildford [65]
1985-05-30Chris Muir Social Democratic Party Clifford Slapper Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester
1985-06-07 Elliot Morley Labour Party Dick DonnellyCentral Community Centre, Lindrum Street, Scunthorpe
1985-06-20Paul Backhouse Peace Through NATO Dick DonnellyDuke of York [66]
1985-06-26Rev. D. Haslam Christianity [?]Harlesden Methodist Church, High Street, Harlesden, NW10
1985-07-29 Richard Balfe, MEP Labour Party Pieter LawrenceSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1985-09-12Andrew McIntyre Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Clifford SlapperDuke of York
1985-09-25Norman Barrie Communist Party of Great Britain Vic VanniWellgate Central Library, Dundee
1985-11-14M. McGregor Federation of Conservative Students Steve ColemanDuke of York
1985-11-21 Michael Brown, MP Conservative Party Clifford SlapperThe Star, Guildford
1985-11-26[?] Ecology Party Clifford SlapperCarlton Arms, Seaham
1985-11-29 David Selbourne anti-socialist Ron CookThe Star
1985-12-02 Stan Newens, MEP Labour Party [?]SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1985-12-10Rev. J. J. Stephenson Christianity Steve ColemanCarlton Arms, Seaham
1986-03-07[?] Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Steve ColemanLambeth Town Hall
1986-03-27Philip van der Elst The Freedom Association Ron CookDuke of York
1986-04-10John Burton Institute of Economic Affairs Clifford SlapperDuke of York
1986-05-29[?] Militant tendency Steve ColemanScunthorpe Community Centre
1986-06-12[?] Red Action Dick DonnellyDuke of York
1986-08-14[?] Green Party [?]Duke of York
1986-09-19 Lady Olga Maitland Families for Defence E. Hardy The Star
1986-10-22S. Barker Green Party Pieter LawrenceMillstone, Thomas Street, Manchester
1986-11-10 Bill Etherington National Union of Mineworkers Clifford SlapperPrinters Pie, Pudding Chare, Newcastle [67]
1986-12-01 Monty Johnstone Communist Party of Great Britain Pieter LawrenceSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1986-12-11G. Webster Gardiner Conservative Families Steve ColemanDuke of York [68]
1987-02-12[?] Black Flag [?]Duke of York
1987-03-02Alan Bowman Christian Sandy EastonThe Broken Doll, Blenheim Street, Newcastle
1987-03-12Keith Veness Labour Party [?]Duke of York
1987-05-08 Piers Merchant, MP Conservative Party Clifford SlapperGuildhall, Quayside, Newcastle
1987-05-15Clive Bradley Socialist Organiser [?]Guildford Institute, Ward Street, Guildford
1987-05-21Ian Dixon Communist Party of Great Britain Steve ColemanHeadingley Community Centre, North Lane, Leeds
1987-05-29Prof. Peter Abell Fabian Society [?]Guildford Institute
1987-06Sean MullenRevolutionary Communist PartySteve ColemanTyneside Cinema, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle [69]
1987-06-01Sandy Irvine Green Party Steve DowsettSt. John’s Church Hall, Grainger Street, Bolton
1987-07-09 Andrew Mitchell Conservative Party [?]Duke of York
1986-08-17Barney McGill Labour Party [?]St Johns Church Hall, Bolton
1986-08-20John Hulton Green Party Steve DowsettThe Liverpool, James Street, Liverpool
1986-11-19 Lady Olga Maitland Daily Express Steve ColemanIslington Central Library [70]
1986-11-20 David Clelland, MP Labour Party [?]St Johns Church Hall, Bolton
1986-11-20Lindsay Cooke Green Party Barry McNeeneyChiswick Old Town Hall, Turnham Green, W4
1988-03-10Chris Pryce Social Democratic Party Ralph CritchfieldDuke of York
1988-05-19Keith Nathan Labour Party Howard MossHeadingley Community Centre, Leeds
1988-08-11Bruce Wallace Militant tendency Derek DevineWellgate Library, Dundee
1988-09-08 Kelvin Hopkins Labour Party E. Hardy Duke of York [71]
1988-09-21 Kelvin Hopkins Labour Party Steve ColemanLuton Central Library
1988-11-02 Ron Brown, MP Labour Party Pieter LawrenceLambeth Town Hall
1988-12-08Michael Ivens Aims for Industry Pieter LawrenceDuke of York
1989-02-15Cllr. David Corkey & Terri Jasper Labour Party Tim Kilgallon & Clifford Slapper Wallsend Town Hall, Wallsend High Street, Wallsend, Tyneside
1989-03-09[?] London Anarchist Workers Group Steve ColemanDuke of York
1989-04-24Cllr. Leslie Winter Conservative Party Steve ColemanCricklewood Hotel, Cricklewood Broadway [72]
1989-05-05Jeremy Hywel-Davis Green Party Adam Buick Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace, W4
1989-05-11Michael Ivens Aims for Industry Clifford SlapperDuke of York [73]
1989-07-06[?] Communist Workers Organisation [?]The Liverpool, James Street, Liverpool
1989-07-19Jenny Davies Social Democratic Party Clifford SlapperSt Georges Square, Luton
1988-07-31Rev. Gerald Beauchamp Christian Sandy EastonPrince of Wales, 101 Willesden Lane, NW
1988-08-10Gerald Hartop The Freedom Association Ron CookDuke of York
1988-09-14Gary Hawkins Labour Party Steve ColemanDuke of York
1988-09-22Terry LiddleRepublicGary JayChiswick Town Hall
1988-10-13[?] Ernest Bevin Society Pieter LawrenceChiswick Town Hall
1988-11-17 Wayne David, MEP Labour Party [?]Swansea Central Library, Alexandra Road, Swansea
1988-12-14Tadek Jaski Solidarity with Solidarity Steve ColemanDuke of York
1990-01-11 Phil Kelly TribuneRalph CritchfieldDuke of York
1990-02-21David Milne Green Party Richard HeadicarRoyal Oak, Corporation Street, Eccles
1990-02-08[?] Iran Communist [?]Duke of York
1990-03-08Stephen Kreppel Conservative Party Richard HeadicarDuke of York
1990-03-12 Derek Wall Green Party Adam Buick Hope Centre, Hope Chapel Hill, Hotwells, Bristol
1990-03-15[?] Association of World Federalists Les CoxChiswick Town Hall
1990-03-24Cathy Pick Wandsworth Against the Poll Tax [?]SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1990-04-13Adrian Lee Young Conservatives Dave PerrinChiswick Town Hall
1990-05-10Michael Collie Green Party Pieter LawrenceGuildford Institute, Ward Street, Guildford
1990-05-17Sahib Mutaquim Bleher Islamic Party of Britain Sandy EastonChiswick Town Hall
1990-07-19Jack Lane Labour Party Adam Buick Chiswick Town Hall
1990-08-09Mark Douglas Green Party Adam Buick Highbury Roundhouse Community Centre, 71 Ronalds Road, N5
1990-09-20Peter Cadogan anti-socialist Joe CarterChiswick Town Hall
1990-10-31Simon Macilwaine Liberal Alliance Clifford SlapperRoyal Oak, York Street, W1
1988-11-14 Martyn Jones, MP Labour Party Clifford SlapperChiswick Town Hall
1991-01-17Mark French Socialist Campaign for Animal Rights Richard HeadicarChiswick Town Hall
1991-02-07Paul Derrick Robert Owen Association John UsherChiswick Town Hall
1991-03-28Marc Gordon International Freedom Association Dave PerrinCleveland Arms, Cleveland Street, W1
1991-04-18Brian Summers New Economic Foundation Charmian SkeltonChiswick Town Hall
1991-06-15Chris Wilson Independent Labour Publications Richard HeadicarAlex Wood Hall, Norfolk Street, Cambridge
1991-06-26Prof. John de V. Roberts World Federalists Ron CookThe Liberties Bar, 100 Camden High Street, NW1
1991-07-31 Julian Lewis Conservative Party Steve ColemanLiberties Bar
1991-08-13Fred Harrison Centre for Incentive Taxation Adam Buick Land and Liberty office, 177 Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1
1991-09-19Mark Campanale Green investment advisor Pieter LawrenceChiswick Town Hall
1991-09-25Toby Fiennes Green Party Clifford SlapperLiberties Bar
1991-10-31Prof. David Marsland anti-socialist Steve ColemanChiswick Town Hall
1992-01-13John KempLand and LibertyJoe CarterSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1992-01-17Barry Macleod-Cullinane Karl Menger Society Adam Buick Chiswick Town Hall
1992-02-26Terry Liddle Labour Party Steve ColemanLiberties Bar
1992-03-20[?] Green Anarchist Richard HeadicarChiswick Town Hall
1992-03-25[?] Libertarian Alliance [?]Liberties Bar
1992-04-02Mark Brady Libertarian Alliance Adam Buick Falkland Arms, 31 Bloomsbury Way, WC1
1992-06-06 Cllr. Roger Lord Conservative Party Steve ColemanArena Sports and Leisure Club, Circular Road East, Colchester [74]
1992-06-19[?] Socialist Organiser Sharon PinnerChiswick Town Hall
1992-07-08Cllr. Ellis Hillman Labour Party Steve ColemanLiberties Bar [75]
1992-09-18Paul Coulam Anti-Federalist League Sandy EastonChiswick Town Hall
1992-09-25Bob Layton Libertarian Alliance Pieter LawrenceBeacon Centre, 42a Richmond Road, Kingston
1991-10-16Astra Seibe Green Party Richard HeadicarChiswick Town Hall
1991-11-17Robert Burrage New Right Steve ColemanWest Greenwich House, Greenwich High Street, SE10
1991-12-06Wally Bensilum Liberal Democrats Pieter LawrenceThe Arena, Colchester
1993-02-19Chris Marsh Peace Tax Campaign Richard HeadicarChiswick Town Hall
1993-03-19Robert Whelan Committee on Population Gwynn ThomasChiswick Town Hall
1993-05-21Paul DeaconTranseuropaJohn UsherChiswick Town Hall
1993-06-23Cllr. Roger Hughes Liberal Democrats Steve ColemanWharncliffe Hotel, Bevercotes Road, Sheffield
1993-07-28Sir Robin Williams Campaign for an Independent Britain Clifford Slapper Conway Hall [76]
1993-10-14Charles Secrett Friends of the Earth Pieter LawrenceEmpress of Russia, 362 St John Street, EC1
1993-11-11 John Papworth Fourth World Review [?]Empress of Russia
1993-12-02Niall O’Connor Troops Out Movement Richard HeadicarIslington Central Library
1993-12-02Rev. Angela Robinson Christian Socialist [?]Arena, Colchester
1993-12-09 Stan Newens, MEP Labour Party Steve ColemanFriends House, 175-177 Euston Road, NW1 [77]
1994-01-21 Lord Desai Labour Party Adam Buick Chiswick Town Hall
1994-04-27 Jerry Hayes, MP Conservative Party Dick Donnelly Conway Hall
1994-05-06[?] Communist Workers Organisation Sandy EastonChiswick Town Hall
1994-05-20Niki Kort Velyessy Green Party Clifford Slapper Kensington Central Library, Phillimore Walk, W8
1994-05-26[?] Communist Workers Organisation Dave PerrinThree Cranes Hotel, 74 Queen Street, Sheffield
1994-06-01 Michael Meadowcroft Liberal Party Clifford Slapper Conway Hall
1994-06-04Richard W. Bourne Fabian Society Steve ColemanArena, Colchester
1994-09-25Keith Brown Scottish National Party Dick Donnelly15 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh
1994-11-21R. Cuper Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform Jacek KrauzeChiswick Town Hall
1994-11-24Pat Murphy Socialist Organiser Adam Buick Sheffield Centre Against Unemployment, 73 West Street, Sheffield
1993-12-19Denis O’Keefe free-marketer Steve ColemanChiswick Town Hall
1995-01-15Cllr. Donnachadh McCarthy Liberal Democrats Adam Buick SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1995-02-02[?] Green Party Pieter LawrenceArena, Colchester
1995-02-22Judy Maciejowska Campaign for Political Ecology Pieter LawrenceBeacon Centre, 42 Richmond Road, Kingston, Surrey
1995-11-15Nick Best Green Party John BissettNewcastle University
1995-02-27Michael Hayman Young Conservatives Chris McCollThree Cranes Hotel, 74 Queen Street, Sheffield
1995-03-17Phillip Loads free-marketer Richard HeadicarChiswick Town Hall
1995-03-19Terry Liddle Labour Party Richard HeadicarSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1995-03-28[?] Green Party Pieter LawrenceBrighthelm Centre, North Road, Brighton
1995-04-14Tom Rigby Alliance for Workers Liberty Nigel McCullough Conway Hall
1995-04-23Robert Corfe Full Employment League Pat DeutzSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1995-05-18Jamal Harwood Luton Cultural Islamic Society Richard HeadicarUniversity of Luton, Park Square, Luton
1995-05-19 David Cairns Christian Socialist Movement Adam Buick Chiswick Town Hall
1993-05-30[?] Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Steve ColemanBrighthelm Centre, Brighton
1993-06-05[?] International Marxist Convention [?]Chiswick Town Hall
1993-07-26David Senior Conservative Party Clifford Slapper Conway Hall
1991-09-24David Reid anti-socialist Cyril EvansSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1988-09-27Tony Pearce Christian Ron Cook Conway Hall
1986-10-25Mark Osborn Alliance for Workers Liberty Adam Buick University of London Union, Malet Street, WC1 [78]
1986-11-02[?] Friends of Bosnia Society Brian JohnsonStudents Union
1995-11-19[?] Reclaim the Streets [?]SPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1995-12-06[?] Alliance for Workers Liberty [?]St Enoch Hotel, Howard Street, Glasgow
1996-03-13Cllr. Ed Young Conservative Party Clifford SlapperRoyal Holloway University, Egham, Surrey
1996-04-07Dan Wheatley Association of World Federalists Vic VanniSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1996-06-17Richard Laming Federal Union Dave FlynnChiswick Town Hall
1996-09-25 Sir Teddy Taylor Conservative Party Clifford SlapperLambeth Town Hall, Acre Lane, SW
1996-11-24Andrew Sawdon Liberal Democrats Richard HeadicarSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
1997-02-17[?] Socialist Labour Party Dave FlynnChiswick Town Hall
1997-04-25Dominic Hobson Conservative Party Peter Maloney Conway Hall
1998-03-16[?] Mebyon Kernow [?]The Yacht Club, Promenade, Penzance
1997-04-27Dorene Robinson Green Party Vincent OtterThe Yacht Club, Penzance
1997-04-28 Paul Holmes Liberal Party Vincent OtterCommunity Centre, South Terrace, Camborne, Cornwall
1997-06-04 Sir Richard Body, MP Conservative Party Dave Flynn Conway Hall
1997-06-05 Andrew George, MP Liberal Democrats Dick DonnellyYMCA, Alverton Road, Penzance
1996-09-07Cllr. Phil Andrewslocal politician[?]Chiswick Town Hall
1999-02-17Alison Williams Commission on Global Governance Clifford SlapperMarchmont Community Centre, 62 Marchmont Street, WC1
1999-11-06Kate Buckell Alliance for Workers Liberty Dave FlynnCaxton House, St Johns Way, N19
2000-07-17Naomi McPherson The Alternative Approach Stuart WatkinsSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
2003-07-08 Richard Balfe, MEP Conservative Party Sandy Easton Conway Hall
2006-10-09 UCL Debating Society pro-War on Terror Bill Martin University College London [79]
2008-09-20 Ian Bone Class WarHoward MossSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
2009-02-28Magnus Nielsen United Kingdom Independence Party Danny LambertSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
2010-02-04 Eamonn Butler Adam Smith Institute Richard Headicar Conway Hall
2012-07-22 Steve Duffield and Francesco The Zeitgeist Movement Dick Field and Adam Buick Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith, W6
2012-09-05 Ben Dyson Positive Money Adam Buick Conway Hall [80]
2014-03-26Elizabeth Jones United Kingdom Independence Party Bill MartinSPGB Head Office, Clapham, SW4
2015-03-09 Ashley Wakeling Wales Green Party Brian Johnson Unitarian Church, Swansea

Notes

  1. Report in October and November 1906 Socialist Standard
  2. Report in April 1907 Socialist Standard
  3. 1 2 3 Report in February 1908 "Socialist Standard"
  4. 1 2 Report in January 1908 "Socialist Standard"
  5. Report in June 1908 Socialist Standard
  6. Report in July 1908 "Socialist Standard"
  7. Report in November 1908 "Socialist Standard"
  8. Report in April 1909 "Socialist Standard"
  9. Report in July 1909 Socialist Standard
  10. Report in December 1909 Socialist Standard
  11. Report in May 1910 "Socialist Standard"
  12. Report in June 1910 "Socialist Standard"
  13. Report in August 1910 Socialist Standard
  14. Reproduced as pamphlet The Socialist Party and the Liberal Party
  15. Report in July 1911 "Socialist Standard"
  16. Report in February 1912 "Socialist Standard"
  17. Report in March 1912 "Socialist Standard"
  18. Reproduced as pamphlet Socialism versus Tariff Reform
  19. Report in September 1913 Socialist Standard
  20. Report in November 1913 Socialist Standard
  21. Report in May 1925 Socialist Standard
  22. Report in May 1928 Socialist Standard
  23. Report in May 1930 Socialist Standard
  24. Report in June 1928 Socialist Standard
  25. Report in August 1931 Socialist Standard
  26. Report in July 1931 Socialist Standard
  27. Report in March and April 1932 Socialist Standard
  28. 1 2 Report in January 1933 Socialist Standard
  29. Report in March 1933 Socialist Standard
  30. "Report in July 1933 Socialist Standard" . Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  31. Report in December 1934 Socialist Standard
  32. Report in April and May 1935 Socialist Standard
  33. Reproduced as pamphlet Should Socialists Support Federal Union?
  34. Report in July 1948 Socialist Standard
  35. Report in August 1948 Socialist Standard
  36. Report in September 1948 Socialist Standard
  37. Report in April 1949 Socialist Standard
  38. Report in May 1949 Socialist Standard
  39. Report in June 1949 Socialist Standard
  40. Report in September 1949 Socialist Standard
  41. Report in March 1950 Socialist Standard
  42. Report in September 1950 Socialist Standard
  43. Report in March 1952 Socialist Standard
  44. Report in June 1957 Socialist Standard
  45. Report in August 1957 Socialist Standard
  46. Report in July 1959 Socialist Standard
  47. Report in November 1967 "Socialist Standard"
  48. Report in March 1968 Socialist Standard
  49. Report in July 1970 Socialist Standard
  50. Report in June 1975 Socialist Standard
  51. Report in August 1975 Socialist Standard
  52. Report in January 1976 Socialist Standard
  53. Report in April 1979 Socialist Standard
  54. Recorded as №17 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  55. Report in April 1982 Socialist Standard : recorded as №10 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  56. Recorded as №4 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  57. Recorded as №25 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  58. Recorded as №62 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  59. Recorded as №18 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  60. Recorded as №90 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  61. Report in May 1984 Socialist Standard
  62. Recorded as №1 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  63. Recorded as №21 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  64. Recorded as №16 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  65. Recorded as №2 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  66. Recorded as №23 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  67. Recorded as №14 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  68. Recorded as №22 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  69. Recorded as №6 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  70. Recorded as №15 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  71. Recorded as №63 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  72. Recorded as №61 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  73. Recorded as №95 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  74. Recorded as №102 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  75. Recorded as №108 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  76. Recorded as №111 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  77. Recorded as №110 in Socialist Party Tapes Library
  78. Report in December 1995 Socialist Standard
  79. Miller, Tristan (10 October 2006). ""War on Terror" debate tonight versus US ambassador". Socialist Party of Great Britain. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
  80. "Banking Reform or the Abolition of Capitalism". Socialist Party of Great Britain. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

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