Power struggles

He was like a king holding court and the joy on his face at the attention he was getting was quite visible, though I think he mistook casual polite attention for respect and agreement with his anti-NHS sentiments.

Then disaster struck… a young pretender for the throne stepped forward into the limelight. At first the old king smiled, believing the young scamp was merely agreeing with him, but buoyed on by the positive reaction his interruption had received, the young dentist continued on, and threatened to take the crown of the previous speaker as he was bolder in his condemnation of the Department of Health. The king reacted, and quick to reassert his position as the most vocal opponent of the NHS he began to ramp up the tone of his protestations towards the new contract. The upstart responded in kind, and the two continued raising the colour of their language and the passion of their vitriol.