Jason Smith is an associate fellow of the Academy of Ideas and was previously partnerships manager for the Debating Matters Competition. |
From open values to burqa bans: have Europeans lost the habit of tolerance?
"The rules of the game at The Battle of Ideas makes beating about the bush impossible. When you are given 5 minutes to make your point, you either say something essential, or you reveal that you have nothing really to say. This eliminates 'the unbearable lightness' of speculation that haunts public debate."
Albena Azmanova, social philosopher, political commentator and activist