I'm not going to read it. I could, but I wouldn't want to then go back to other things and forget what I started with. He talked for three hours and 17 minutes to defeat a bill, so he must have passionately thought that this bill was bad for his constituents, bad for his caucus, and bad for people living in the United Kingdom. He took a stand. He's now a former member, so who knows? Maybe that contributed to his defeat, or perhaps not.
In the U.S. Senate they have different rules. He makes the comparison, too. It's a common comparison: Canada to Australia, Canada to Congress, Canada to the United Kingdom, and vice versa. They make the same comparisons. This is an article, as told to Leo Hickman, so it's a conversation between the two. He talks about the U.S. Senate. He says, “There you can read out a telephone directory when playing for time.” I have not read a telephone directory, mostly because I couldn't find one. I don't know if they exist anymore.