"Ah, thank you for saving Great Britain up to 40,000 British pounds in expenses!"
As the Whig Party's "strongest firepower" in opposition, Charles James Fox gave a snort, stood up, and said mockingly, "But this 'contribution' is far from enough to make up for the strategic mistakes you and the Prime Minister have made, which caused us enormous losses in North Africa."
He gestured toward the hundreds of lawmakers seated behind him, saying, "I believe the Tory Party must provide Congress with an explanation!"
The Tory Party was currently England's ruling party.
However, they did not hold much of an advantage in approval ratings over the Whig Party—largely because King George III had a special preference for young William Pitt, leveraging the Royal Family's influence to push him onto the Prime Minister's seat.
The Whigs were never at ease with this, and since young William Pitt's ascent, they had seized every opportunity to attack the Tory Party.