[UKRP/WRP/NE/PCP/UKPP] This is not a bloody CRSF attack
Day 2,387, 09:52
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by Sir Humphrey Appleby
Good afternoon gentlemen!
As promised I am happy to unveil the first half of my manifesto and finally open cabinet applications! Whether you want to be an apprentice or my deputy, I encourage everyone to have a punt at a position for next term. Even if you don’t get the ministerial position you wanted I will be guaranteeing training for every government worker so they have a better chance next month
🙂.
Before banging on about my grand plans for our grand country however, I thought I might resurrect the tradition of ego stroking/listing my experience that partially proves I have the cabinet experience necessary to carry them out (even if those in italics are now defunct):-
1 x Country President
1 x Deputy Prime Minister
2 x Minister of Finance
2 x Minister of Foreign Affairs
4 x Minister of Home Affairs
2 x Minister of Defence
8/9 x Speaker of the House/Minister of Legislative Affairs
1x UK Special Forces Commander
1x Minister of Trade
2x Minister of Work
3 x Cabinet Secretary
My structure of government
tl;dr
-Unify individual workforces into a central service
-Merge and simplify regular functions for better reliability
-A proper system of training and encouragement
-Tailor-made opportunities of work for any applicant
As a relatively simple bloke, I like to keep things on a similarly simple scale. When I were a wee little newb crying about the prices of food n such, I found our overall system of government to be a deeply a mystifying and confusing subject. To a large extent it still is, with quite a few variations in their makeup when you switch from national to national model. Therefore the Appleby philosophical approach to what our structure should be, as you probably deduced from the opening sentence of this paragraph, is to radically simplify it.
Now those who’ve already scryed my rough idea in the copy I sent to parties earlier will know my solution is to knock down as many perceived barriers as possible preventing citizens from being able/interested in serving their community in government. Ultimately you create your own version of ‘fun’ on this game, however I firmly believe that the best sort of gaming return you can make is by getting involved, personally making a difference and being able to say after a job well done ‘I helped do that’.
These days our community is too small to merit individual workforces for each ministry. In it’s place, I propose we collectively pool our available productivity according to the numbers we have and the urgency of the task; allowing a natural process of simplifying and amalgamating these functions with stronger reliability. To that end, those helping out in government under the rank of Minister will be unified into a central civil service with work delegated and tailored according to their personal preferences and ability. In addition to the regular training we will offer, we will also leave references at the end of the term recognising above-and-beyond contributions by particularly dedicated members.
As transparent as possible without breaking eRep codes of conduct on decency
tl;dr
-Strong focus on in game publications, questions and other articles
-Greater promotion and sponsorship of community events
-Encouragement of more journalism through the NNA
In addition to the rather ambitious policies above, our government requires an accompanying drive of more publications and consultations to allow an acceptable level of accountability and direct public input. The easiest method for this is through a combination of ingame articles and in game messages - where I will invite members of the public who are interested in discussion with my ministers and I over the term to join us in a pm. I'd also like to bring back a regular sort of Prime Ministers questions - maybe by using the comments on an article for all to see.
The community also needs to be aware of more opportunities to get to know each other and join in organised events. One project that I'm hoping to set up between the MoD and MoHA is restart a few national strikes, with a prize pool for attenders in a lottery :3. We may even consider holding a few prizes for most damage contributed at these strikes for MUs and individuals if the interest is large enough. Oh, and I'd also bring back the National Newspaper Association so people can keep up with the weekly national and international media!
Approach to the current handbag saga
tl;dr
-Attempt to reach a compromise without threatening national borders
-Arrange a set of guidelines to reel in congress from total anarchy
-Step back when a threshold of moderatism is reached >_>
It may shock members of any one faction to know that they are crushingly in the minority and, in order to pass any legislative agenda, are obliged to work constructively with other political groups. And it is this particular reality that I will be spending my term reminding the louder participants of ‘either side’ to shut up and metaphorically grab a shovel to clean up the **** from last term. Truly, if any party cares to live up to it’s pledge of focussing on the national interest then the government shouldn’t need to get remotely involved with them.
That said it’s almost guaranteed that the government will have to hold their hands on a large part of this and thus with no shortage of doubt will I try and make it an aim of mine to reach a common ground with all interested groups. This will probably be in the form of congressional guidelines on citizenship (to simply check/ask for advice before letting someone in, not difficult) and conduct (I’m sure that the majority of congress’s mothers are actually nice people undeserving of the death threats they get from opposing MPs).
I am predicting a rather tiring front in this regard but am reasonably confident that if we really do see the ‘positive approach’ bollocks everyone seems to be wanting to push then fair enough, we may be able to collectively drink our whisky without the traditional pub rampages our community has been renowned and disgraced with.
Cheers for reading this far! The other half should be out tomorrow.
Appleby
UKRP/WRP/UKPP/PCP CP Candidate
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The return of prime minsters question time huzzah! NNA Restored huzzah! Transparency and substance huzzah! Appleby for the win! Long live the eUK! Long live the WRP!
"legislative agenda"
Did nothing during his 8-9 terms as MoLA by the way.
neither did any MoLA... ever.
I did LOTS.
Appleby, what a guy! Appleby. An old friend and a steady hand, would be a good choice.
Very pleased with the way the election is shaping up this month, Ragnell is a very different character but either of you would be good.
what was the name of Ragnell old acc?
Cadfan I believe.
Same old same old. *sigh*
Got a bit confused then. Thought that list was the planned make-up of your cabinet.
9x speaker FTW!
I thought the exact same thing.
Good luck and all the best on CP elections!!!.Hope we will work together and want to apologize you for leaveing the position of dMoFA.If I"ll be in your cabinet you can be sure that I"ll do all my best to work hard for the better eUK.Greetings from Alex.
Whilst I admire your agenda of compromise and engagement, it smacks of too little - too late.
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Your structural government change in which the proletariat of the government system are collectivised is something that I would disagree with on a number of reasons:
-It makes it harder for those at the bottom to make their way up if they have "experience" in a role they would like to have later in their eCareers. If candidates can't choose what work they do then they aren't likely to get a high position as quickly as someone who hasnt been brought up in this system. This will lead to a group of volunteers begging for work but because they don't know someone well enough they might not be picked. Tl;dr this system is who you know not what you know in a way that is more extreme than the old system.
-Some will be favoured over others meaning that a type of self-fulfilling fallacy and labelling will occur with your comprehensive grouping. By letting the ministers pick their favourite lobster out the pot, those who don't look as impressive, in terms of experience and titles, will have less chance of getting higher up the food chain.
I might be wrong but this might just be a bigger oligarchal system than the last. I do support your candidacy over the others but that doesn't mean you get off lightly 😉
*prophecy not fallacy
This is were the references he mentioned in the article may come in handy 😉
the references point isnt relevant to my concerns, although it is most likely that all references will cease after applebys amazing activity is replaced by a less active government or a CP that drops out half way through or the referances will be used for a quicker way of getting friends up the hierarchy.
" candidates can't choose what work they do then they aren't likely to get a high position as quickly as someone who hasnt been brought up in this system."
Actually the reforms are intended to let people do as much work that they want that we can offer according to their own availability and ability.
this reform assumes that the amount of work available is equal to or greater than the amount of workers that will volunteer?
Well if not enough people apply then my ministers and I will handle it; if too many people apply then perhaps we could resume some of the activity not seen since a V1 government 😛.
Again, the essential logic in these proposals are to let anyone who is capable and willing to help out do so
As long as the reform can be re-evaluated, and possibly repealed, then I guess a new option in how a government can be organised wouldn't hurt. But that doesn't mean you get off lightly, you are still sleeping on the sofa 😛
NNA \o/
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Go for the divisive route, it is much more entertaining for the rest of us 🙂
Good luck with your campaign.
o7
e-CV at its finest.
Also, with the Vendetta candidate failing to register for the elections, I think that now I can safely say any of the two main CP contenders would be an acceptable and fair choice for eUK.
Good luck!
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Good luck! 🙂
Best of luck, finally a CP candidate that isn't incompetent and doesn't have their fedora on too tight (yes i'm looking at you vendetta). o7
nhs volunteers wanted, 20 mins a day? www.erepublik.com/en/article/2400538 pm me
civil service again?
Should have just used my manifesto. It's open source you know.
you mean mine?
Mine is 100% original content ;p
All the best!
Good repost, would skim over again. Is this from 2013 or 2012?
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Best of luck .
it looks good....but what happened with all the rest of games you used to play ?
they either become a major success or randomly burnt to a crisp
It usually depends if godmode is turned on 😛
A nice avatar for being CP.