UK Youth Parliament Newsletters



The purpose of the newsletter is to

  • generate political debate
  • to inform decision makers of the issues which matter most to young people
  • to challenge the negative portrayal of young people in the media by showcasing the positive work young people are doing around the UK.

Debatable is published quarterly and is free to download from the Haringey Young Peoples' web site or UKYP website.

Debatable is kindly sponsored by Votivation.com.

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Issue 8 - November 2008

Debatable - Issue 8 - November 2008

  • Campaigns update
  • Sex & relationships education success
  • Barack Obama: your views
  • Rant: Elections in the UK -
  • Women in politics
  • News in brief
  • Terrorism special report
  • Where have the radical teachers gone?
  • Do young people moan too much?
  • Feeling the crunch?
  • UK Youth Parliament: cool or corny?
  • Every disabled child matters
  • MWH/UKYP Awards 2008: the shortlist

Debatable Issue Eight (PDF, 3 MB)

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Issue 7 - August 2008

August 2008 edition

  • Campaigns update
  • Update from the Annual Sitting
  • Are exams still useful? -
  • World's worst mum
  • Gordon who?
  • UK Youth Parliament elections smash the half million barrier!
  • News in brief
  • Public transport special report
  • The truth about cyberbullying
  • Nelson Mandela: for and against
  • Raise your hand to stop the traffik
  • The MWH and UK Youth Parliament Awards

Debatable Issue Seven (PDF, 3 MB)

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Issue 6 - May 2008

Debatable Issue Six - Front Cover

  • MYPs vote for recycling, transport and uni fees
  • Should the UK boycott the Beijing Olympics?
  • The cooking world has officially gone mad
  • Bill Bryson interview
  • News in brief
  • Time to look for the good behind the hood?
  • Palestine - the moral issue of our generation
  • ID cards won't stop terrorism
  • Should we be forced to vote?
  • Homophobia is gay!!
  • The last word

Debatable Issue Six (PDF, 2.5 MB)

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Issue 5 - February 2008

debatable issue five

  • Campaigns update
  • MYPs set to storm the House of Lords
  • Iraq five years on
  • Climate change
  • Voting frenzy
  • News in brief
  • The great sex debate
  • Should cannabis be legal?
  • Britain's future energy
  • Hitting children must stop
  • Help UKYP win a national poster campaign
  • The power of the web

Debatable Issue Five (PDF, 11 MB) Note: This is a very large file and could take some time to download without a fast Internet connection.

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Issue 4 - November 2007

Debatable November Issue 4 - Front Cover

  • UKYP campaigns update
  • MYPs in key meetings with govt ministers
  • Should teenagers stay in school until they are 18?
  • Young and old join forces
  • Are we living in a surveillance society?
  • Lads' mags: lewd, crude and in your face
  • Climate change events
  • Tips and ideas on increasing recycling
  • Creating a positive image of young people in the press
  • The power of online social networking

Debatable Issue Four (PDF, 2.7 MB)

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Issue 3 - August 2007

Front cover of debatable newsletter version 3

  • Can youth services improve kids’ behaviour?
  • Generation Next: A lost cause?
  • UKYP Annual Sitting
  • News in Brief
  • Will the real Gordon Brown please stand up?
  • So, what does an MYP actually do?
  • Climate Change Conference
  • Blaired Vision
  • Including the Excluded

Debatable Issue Three (PDF, 1.6 MB)

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Issue 2 - May 2007

front cover of debatable issue 2

  • In this Issue (sponsored by Votivation.com)
  • UKYP prepares for 7th Annual Sitting
  • Election round-up
  • Virginia shootings: your reaction
  • MYPs quiz the PM on climate change
  • UKYP spreads the Inconvenient Truth
  • News in brief
  • Should Trident be replaced?
  • Why uni should be free
  • The passion of MYPs
  • V-Tastic News!
  • Votivation.com

Debatable Issue Two (PDF, 1.6 MB)

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Issue 1 - February 2007

fffIn this Issue

  • UKYP campaigns update
  • Young people aren’t the future
  • MYPs give their views about the Big Brother racism row
  • A time for Reconciliation
  • News in brief
  • Young people unite against knife and gun crime#
  • Execution or murder?
  • The geordies are coming
  • Have you made a difference?
  • Topical Expressions

Debatable Issue One (PDF, 1.5 MB)

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