This feels like a bit of a dirty trick. The one person who actually has something to say, and is actually doing something about the problem, is the last person on a speaker list full of politicians trying to score points and be "visible."
Some of the people from the event have just come through the "related groups" room, urging us to urge people to get out of the groups room and into the lecture hall where the politicians are going to be talking. I think the current setup is absolutely perfect. The politicians can all talk, as much as they want, to the empty lecture hall. The people who are actually interested in doing something about the topic can stay here and carry on the discussions that they are having with the other community groups all working towards dealing with the crisis.
(Apparently, a lot of people agreed. As the event wore on, with politician after politician droning on and trying to score points, more and more people drifted back into the groups room, and carried on conversations. Unfortunately, that meant that the only person with something to say was left with reduced time, and a much emptier hall.)
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