{"id":8226,"date":"2026-07-30T10:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T08:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultura.uc3m.es\/sociedad-debate\/bp-uc3m-in-house-tournament\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T09:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T07:28:30","slug":"bp-uc3m-in-house-tournament","status":"publish","type":"sociedad-debate","link":"https:\/\/cultura.uc3m.es\/en\/sociedad-debate\/bp-uc3m-in-house-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"BP UC3M In-House Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Debate Society, in collaboration with the University, is organizing the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st Internal Debate Tournament using the British Parliamentary (BP) format<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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