“The government is doing something new. They made a minority government act like a majority government. They want more power in committees. They want to change how much time parties get to talk. Does my friend worry this means we won't find out about bad things the government did?”
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“The government said it would work with everyone but now it's changing the rules without asking us. That's bad. I want the government to talk to my party before it changes how committees work.”
“You won a real majority way back in 2015. After that, you only got minorities. I'm saying that's because people are unhappy with you.”
“You guys are laughing really loud. There aren't even enough of you here. That's against the rules. Count how many are here so everyone can see you're breaking rules.”
“I'm talking down to you. You're new here. You don't know our rules yet.”
“I am using my remaining seconds to let the Conservative member share his own negative speculations about the government's future actions.”