[Karrde] Unity: Our Values (With added Yorkshire Pudding!)
Day 3,862, 13:00
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by Talon Karrde
The Unity Party: Our Values
My Friends,
I would like to thank my fellow TUP members for again voting for me to be their party president. I first did the job back in March 2012, and here I find myself hopping back into the fray over six years later! Back then I never could have imagined the accomplishments I would have in Erepublik; yet along the changes I would have in my life in that time! Back then I was finishing university and taking my first steps into the world of work. I’d just dumped my first long term girlfriend and my favourite beer (oh God) was Peroni. My favourite food was Yorkshire puddings and gravy.
Now I’ve been married to my beautiful wife for three years and moved 200 miles north from Yorkshire to Glasgow in Scotland! My favourite beers are now all pale and blonde ales from microbreweries; but my favourite food is still a good old Yorkshire pudding and gravy!
It gives me great honour to lead TUP once again; I firmly believe that we are stronger when we work together and will strive to make sure those values are embodied from this office and from our elected officials.
Values are of great importance to political parties. While the usual right and left descriptors are not hugely relevant in a limited game like Erepublik, TUP was founded by a group of centre left players, and that thinking has had a significant influence on the way the party has been formed and run ever since.
In this article I’d like to take a little time to explain the party to you in a little more detail. If anybody is looking for a party but not sure who to choose, perhaps this will help you to make a more informed choice.
The Unity Party Constitution:
You may not realise, but in the past our members set out to codify our aims and values into a full party constitution. This represents the best thinking of its time but has aged remarkably well. The values mentioned in the constitution are the very same ones that still guide our leadership today, and that our elected officials use when developing their manifestos and policies.
From the constitution:
Clause II - Aims and Values
1. The Unity Party is a democratic socialist party. It believes that by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create for each of us the means to realise our true potential and for all of us a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many not the few; where the rights we enjoy reflect the duties we owe and where we live together freely, in a spirit of solidarity, tolerance and respect.
2. To these ends we work for:
1. a dynamic economy, serving the public interest, in which the enterprise of the market and the rigour of competition are joined with the forces of partnership and co-operation to produce the wealth the nation needs and the opportunity for all to work and prosper with a thriving private sector and high-quality public services where those undertakings essential to the common good are either owned by the public or accountable to them
2. a just society, which judges its strength by the condition of the weak as much as the strong, provides security against fear, and justice at work; which nurtures families, promotes equality of opportunity, and delivers people from the tyranny of poverty, prejudice and the abuse of power
3. an open democracy, in which government is held to account by the people, decisions are taken as far as practicable by the communities they affect and where fundamental human rights are guaranteed
3. The Unity Party is committed to the defence and security of the British people and to co-operating in European institutions, PHOENIX and other international bodies to secure peace, freedom, democracy, and economic security for all.
4. The Unity Party shall work in pursuit of these aims with trade unions and co-operative societies and also with voluntary organisations, consumer groups and other representative bodies.
5. On the basis of these principles, The Unity Party seeks the trust of the people to govern
As you can see; apart from a reference to the now defunct alliance PHOENIX (which holds good memories for many of us!) these values are still totally relevant today.
I’d like to say we in TUP try to practice what we preach wherever possible. For example, we provide free food for anyone that asks for it on our party feed; we offer plentiful advice to anyone that asks, and we approach congress, ministries and the presidency very much in the spirit of these aims and values.
Me after enjoying my free food (milk!) after asking on the party feed.
And so, to finish. TUP has been my political home in this game for a very long time. I’ve tasted plenty of success since then and made a difference for the eUK countless times. But it was the values of the party that persuaded me to join in the first place, and now it is those same values that make me most proud to stay.
As always: Unity is Strength!
Talon Karrde
President of The Unity Party.
My Friends,
I would like to thank my fellow TUP members for again voting for me to be their party president. I first did the job back in March 2012, and here I find myself hopping back into the fray over six years later! Back then I never could have imagined the accomplishments I would have in Erepublik; yet along the changes I would have in my life in that time! Back then I was finishing university and taking my first steps into the world of work. I’d just dumped my first long term girlfriend and my favourite beer (oh God) was Peroni. My favourite food was Yorkshire puddings and gravy.
Now I’ve been married to my beautiful wife for three years and moved 200 miles north from Yorkshire to Glasgow in Scotland! My favourite beers are now all pale and blonde ales from microbreweries; but my favourite food is still a good old Yorkshire pudding and gravy!
It gives me great honour to lead TUP once again; I firmly believe that we are stronger when we work together and will strive to make sure those values are embodied from this office and from our elected officials.
Values are of great importance to political parties. While the usual right and left descriptors are not hugely relevant in a limited game like Erepublik, TUP was founded by a group of centre left players, and that thinking has had a significant influence on the way the party has been formed and run ever since.
In this article I’d like to take a little time to explain the party to you in a little more detail. If anybody is looking for a party but not sure who to choose, perhaps this will help you to make a more informed choice.
The Unity Party Constitution:
You may not realise, but in the past our members set out to codify our aims and values into a full party constitution. This represents the best thinking of its time but has aged remarkably well. The values mentioned in the constitution are the very same ones that still guide our leadership today, and that our elected officials use when developing their manifestos and policies.
From the constitution:
Clause II - Aims and Values
1. The Unity Party is a democratic socialist party. It believes that by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone, so as to create for each of us the means to realise our true potential and for all of us a community in which power, wealth and opportunity are in the hands of the many not the few; where the rights we enjoy reflect the duties we owe and where we live together freely, in a spirit of solidarity, tolerance and respect.
2. To these ends we work for:
1. a dynamic economy, serving the public interest, in which the enterprise of the market and the rigour of competition are joined with the forces of partnership and co-operation to produce the wealth the nation needs and the opportunity for all to work and prosper with a thriving private sector and high-quality public services where those undertakings essential to the common good are either owned by the public or accountable to them
2. a just society, which judges its strength by the condition of the weak as much as the strong, provides security against fear, and justice at work; which nurtures families, promotes equality of opportunity, and delivers people from the tyranny of poverty, prejudice and the abuse of power
3. an open democracy, in which government is held to account by the people, decisions are taken as far as practicable by the communities they affect and where fundamental human rights are guaranteed
3. The Unity Party is committed to the defence and security of the British people and to co-operating in European institutions, PHOENIX and other international bodies to secure peace, freedom, democracy, and economic security for all.
4. The Unity Party shall work in pursuit of these aims with trade unions and co-operative societies and also with voluntary organisations, consumer groups and other representative bodies.
5. On the basis of these principles, The Unity Party seeks the trust of the people to govern
As you can see; apart from a reference to the now defunct alliance PHOENIX (which holds good memories for many of us!) these values are still totally relevant today.
I’d like to say we in TUP try to practice what we preach wherever possible. For example, we provide free food for anyone that asks for it on our party feed; we offer plentiful advice to anyone that asks, and we approach congress, ministries and the presidency very much in the spirit of these aims and values.
Me after enjoying my free food (milk!) after asking on the party feed.
And so, to finish. TUP has been my political home in this game for a very long time. I’ve tasted plenty of success since then and made a difference for the eUK countless times. But it was the values of the party that persuaded me to join in the first place, and now it is those same values that make me most proud to stay.
As always: Unity is Strength!
Talon Karrde
President of The Unity Party.
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Values are important. What are yours?
What is your favourite food? Comment below!
A political article that mixes food and principles say a lof of both the food and principles you have.
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Does unity extend to sponsoring a potential CP who is inclusive of all parties in congress?
Absolutely. Inclusion is really important, as is enforcing a level of debate. I'm all for fun, but keep it out of the official congress thread.
And I think that anyone can say whatever they want and wherever they want it and when someone tries to be a smart-arse telling me what I can say and what I cannot, I act as I see fit...
RL failed politician telling me what I can say and acting like he is something important in a freaking browser game, ffs people...
Good luck Talon! You'll be fantastic.
Democratic and socialist. I bet you don't know what any of those words mean. Right parties are parties that are deeply engaged with the system , and the usual way of doing things, sooooo TUP is an extreme right. And no, extreme right does not have necessarily to be racist, or xenophobic,... or nasty. And TUP has never cared about the weaker players, ... specially to get them involved... unless they become a kind of slaves or servants of their hierarchy.
Phoenix alliance is dead.... As I say... when an article is good... isn't that bird supposed to resurrect ?
great work, voted
Yorkshire pud - yummy.
v + c
As a brand new UK citizen I was interested when reading this article to find what your party is about. I read everything except "from the constitution" only skimmed. My take is that TUP is a hive of bees. Buzz, buzz, buzz. The new collective. I suppose independent thought is not allowed.
I dont know what a yorkshire pudding is. please send me one by mail.