Selwyn will be staging a debate on Britain’s membership of the European Union on Friday May 27^th. It will take place in Chapel, and will feature leading speakers from the ‘Remain’ and ‘Leave’ campaigns. The chairman will be the BBC broadcaster, James Naughtie. Introducing the case for ‘Remain’ will be alumnus Sir Stephen Wall, a former British permanent representative to the EU and an adviser on foreign and European affairs to John Major and Tony Blair; and his opposite number for ‘Leave’ will be Simon Heffer, the journalist and historian who is one of the featured commentators in ‘Brexit: The Movie’. Also speaking for ‘Remain’ will be Belinda Brooks-Gordon, a Liberal Democrat county councillor; and Selwyn graduate student Gen Simpson. For ‘Leave’ we will be joined by David Campbell-Bannerman, Conservative MEP for this region; and former Selwyn graduates’ president Josh Maher.

The event is open to Selwyn students, staff, Fellows, alumni and members of our Friends programme. It starts at 6 for 6.30pm, and will finish by 8pm. Alumni and Friends can book a place online here http://www.selwynalumni.com/eventscalendar; and others should RSVP to the Master’s assistant. There will be a vote on the night to gauge opinion within the College. To register to take part in the referendum itself, click this link: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.