[NL4CP] I have a cunning plan ...
Day 2,440, 09:08
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by Neil Lewis
"Is it as cunning as a fox what used to be Professor of Cunning at Oxford University but has moved on and is now working for the U.N. at the High Commission of International Cunning Planning?"
Why, yes, it is.
This is a CP run with a difference.
I'm not going to offer any policies because, and here's the clever bit, I'm going to let Congress make the policies. Ideally I would be UKRP PP, as well as their Congressman, for this to fully work as the idea I had was for eUK CP/Congress to mirror the real life UK PM/House of Commons. OK, the way the game mechanics are this is unlikely and, if this theory was to work in game then WRP would be negotiating to form a coalition to have Huey as CP, but anyhow ... on with the plan.
So, if I'm elected as CP I would appoint Ministers, and Deputies, from those already in Congress. They would have applied, via a gdoc [to be released shortly] outlining any "big ideas" they had for Foreign Affairs, Home Affairs, Defence, Finance, etc.
Now, what happens when there's a Congress election? Well the gdoc is reopened and the new, prospective Congressmen apply for the positions. So you get a re-shuffle of sorts mid-term [ish] if Ministers lose their seats. I'd also bring the "Speaker" into the Cabinet as the "Leader of the House".
Obviously, I'd choose Ministers who will look after the eUK's interests. Congress will discuss all the Ministers' ideas before any buttons need pressing by me, or Congress.
OK, and before I'm accused of anything; yes, the CP medal is missing from my profile & I want to change that. Any gold won with it will be passed to the NHS.
I'll leave you with Beer & Boobies:
The Beer:
I tend towards the centre & left of this picture .. more flavour
The Boobies:
probably not what the type of boobies you were expecting, eh?
due to their positions, you could squint .. but the jury's out on that one
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Good luck to all involved.
Neil, no pun intended, but President is the idea man. Congress should control the ideas of the president. Not the othere way round.
good luck.
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You'd make a great CP and you're a great chap, a valuable asset to the eUK.
But I simply do not like your policy as it is right now.
You call that boobies? Check out this girl to see what real breasts look like! prntscr.com/46laft
lol .. those are whole chickens not just breasts .. she should've picked up chicken fillets or gone to the produce section and picked up melons instead
btw, they are galapagos blue-footed boobies I posted, so the caption is apt
Chicks, chicken... We notice breasts, mostly, while we are looking at the whole package. 🙂
Thanks for zoology lesson, it's always nice to learn something new on eRep.
I think this might be a manifesto for when it's more or less peaceful times and there's no PTO threat, for there's potential for it to be flippin hilarious, in good and bad ways.
Way to get the post without doing any actual work 😛
that was the idea .,. more delegating that Appleby ever did .. lol
I do like the idea in essence, but my worry is that it's perhaps not an open or accountable system (the latter due to the role of PP's)
how's it not accountable? if someone's not doing their job properly, the PPs could not select them for the second half of my term
This would give you a great opportunity to assign blame to everybody but you as you wouldn't be the policies guy.
Which could be funny I guess....
shh .. you've spotted the full essence of the cunning plan
That's precisely how it isn't accountable, PP's not doing that is what has been ruining Congress 😛
by which I mean, PP's don't care how good their candidates are as long as they get bodies into congress
Well woldy... they bloody well should care.
I like the role play aspect, it adds some relevance to congress as well...
Would be an interesting game mechanic change if CP's could only appoint ministers from the congress pool...
Since the role of the CP is simply to give direction to ministers, this wouldn't be as far from how it is as some may currently think
exactly my thinking
and there's the possibility of a change of faces forced on me by the electorate, just like RL
Skipping past the point made earlier about ATO needing a strong CP and onto practical concerns.
If as PP you lost the leadership of that party would you resign, stay as CP or be proxy for the new guy/gal?
How would the system work if you were at odds with the winning coalition?
What if not enough congresstypes apply for cabinet?
Are you planning to introduce legislation to appoint a 'speaker'?
What form of congress discussion are you looking for?
What happens if we get wiped and have no congress?
What is your gameplan regarding ATO?
If as PP you lost the leadership of that party would you resign, stay as CP or be proxy for the new guy/gal?
- as I said above, ideally I would be PP as well, so this is a moot point
How would the system work if you were at odds with the winning coalition?
- you mean if the PTOers or the nasty old Vendeatta got into the top 5? They could apply, I may not necessarily choose them. If they hold the majority, well minority governments have existed in the RL UK. Won't be my fault if nothing gets done.
What if not enough congresstypes apply for cabinet?
- I'd have to appoint like a standard CP does. Congress would get priority in the applications, that's all
Are you planning to introduce legislation to appoint a 'speaker'?
- nope, just bring them into cabinet as it'll be an intra-congress one .. mainly .. being intra-congress will mean just one PM thread
What form of congress discussion are you looking for?
- the usual PM thread(s), but there'd be weekly IRC meetings and they are free to use the forums too
What happens if we get wiped and have no congress?
- if it happened mid-term, then the Ministers would stay on. if they resign then applications would be open to anyone
What is your gameplan regarding ATO?
- same as it is now, just I'd be more vocal
the elections in erep are based more on the US system of government than anything else. While your idea is interesting, and made me pause a moment as I read, I think it is difficult to implement. The Westminster system doesn't translate as well into erep anymore. I think it would also be more useful if we could have FPP again, as, then, we could punish bad Ministers more directly.
Interesting, but, perhaps, unworkable given the current mechanics.
You took your time Neil...REDHEAD AUTHOR4CP \o/