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  1. A privilege to host this event, and hear the story

  2. Jun 30

    Catch up on Eddie Jones's entertaining talk from May:

  3. Jun 27

    Check out the speeches from our Democracy Debate, which are now on our YouTube channel!

  4. Jun 16

    Watch 's interview at the Union from earlier this term:

  5. Jun 15

    Read about Malcolm X's visit to the Union in 1964 as part of the project

  6. Jun 14

    Many thanks to for his entertaining talk at !

  7. Jun 14

    .: [about comedy]: In Britain we love the underdog, until they're not the underdog anymore... We celebrate and embrace failure.

  8. Jun 14

    .: The nicest thing I could say to anyone is that I hope they die in their sleep.

  9. Jun 14

    .: We take everything so seriously in life. War, fights... And then we die. Nothing, it's all pointless!

  10. Jun 14

    .: People do bad things to become famous. People do nothing and still get rewarded for it... Or what they think is a reward.

  11. Jun 14

    .: I like stupid people, they make me seem clever. There are some incredibly stupid people in the world; I'm a big fan of them.

  12. Jun 14

    .: Offense is good. It makes people think. I'm tired of people saying they're offended

  13. Jun 14

    .: In comedy, if everyone agreed with you it wouldn't be comedy anymore. You'd just be rallying.

  14. Jun 14

    .: I deal with taboo subjects, because a joke about a bad thing isn't necessarily condoning a bad thing.

  15. Jun 14

    A huge welcome to ! Great atmosphere at the Union this evening.

  16. Jun 14

    Looking forward to hosting at 17:00 today!

  17. Jun 13

    Tonight we welcome President Vadim Krasnoselsky of Transnistria to the Oxford Union

  18. Jun 12

    A huge thank you to for his amusing and lively speech today!

  19. Jun 12

    . : I think for every writer [the greatest challenge] is having to write the first sentence.

  20. Jun 12

    . : I thought I knew something about politics but I was wrong. I said Remain would win... that Trump couldn't be president.

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