Speakers today need to forget the rules they learned in public speaking classes of the last century, or in debate classes, and focus instead on having a conversation with their audiences.

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The chair can only stop an MP from speaking if they break the rules of the House by straying into comment on live court proceedings.

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Now that conflict of interest rules at universities often prevent many real top experts from taking drug company speaking fees, and because many of those experts have given up the money because they are afraid it will hurt their reputation, the people giving these speeches are not always really the best and the brightest.

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