Impartiality of the elected?

I was there all of yesterday and I'll be there all of today; on my chuff in the Council boardroom, listening to dairy farmers argue that the cost of protecting the environment from their activities should be borne by all Southlanders, not them alone

... tempers fray and vision blurs.
Internecine battles break out. Names are called.

Reading between the lines, you've gotta wonder about the impartiality of elected officials.