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Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on Today at 05:15:52 PMMore seriously, the Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs is not up for re-election this time, but the guy who was Seneschal in that government will be. I myself have been in the position of "I can't fire this Minister, even though he's incompetent/uncommunicative, because there's no replacement". But I paid, as you say, a political price for it.

Yes, you did, and good on Talossan voters for making you pay it, Miestra.

As the outgoing Distáin, I suppose I should ask you what you think of the performance of the Minister of Defence/Foreign Affairs?

I think the lack of progress on LOSS was regrettable but Open Society's membership certainly can't be described as low activity so voters can judge. The decision on who to bring into cabinet and keep in cabinet, though, is Therxh's so you might want to ask the leader of The Red and Green Party.

I do commend your terpelaziuns directed toward Mximo as Def/Foreign Min and Therxh as MinImm and Seneschal. There is is a workable balance between being considerate of extra-Talossan realities and ensuring the necessary level of accountability for the incumbent government and I am glad you eventually found it.

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Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on Today at 05:15:52 PMMore seriously, the Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs is not up for re-election this time, but the guy who was Seneschal in that government will be. I myself have been in the position of "I can't fire this Minister, even though he's incompetent/uncommunicative, because there's no replacement". But I paid, as you say, a political price for it.

Yes, you did, and good on Talossan voters for making you pay it, Miestra.

As the outgoing Distáin, I suppose I should ask you what you think of the performance of the Minister of Defence/Foreign Affairs?

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Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on Today at 05:15:52 PMMore seriously, the Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs is not up for re-election this time, but the guy who was Seneschal in that government will be. I myself have been in the position of "I can't fire this Minister, even though he's incompetent/uncommunicative, because there's no replacement". But I paid, as you say, a political price for it.

Yes, you did, and good on Talossan voters for making you pay it, Miestra.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Today at 08:20:16 AMI having nothing but respect for the recent forbearance and integrity of the Free Democrats over the past term.  That's thanks in large part to your leadership, I'm sure.

I accept the sincere compliment and the goodwill, but I acted for only the most selfish reasons! Those being: there is no political benefit in mindless partisanship when your opponent is going in a direction of mutual benefit. As a political strategy, this clearly succeeded this term; and I've always been sincere in wanting to turn down the overall levels of mindless partisanship. My thanks will always go to the two Senescháis this term for making the effort.

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Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on Yesterday at 07:49:23 PM(I mean, in the last FreeDems government, I remember one oppositionist being quite persistent asking about what we were doing to the Zouaves. Fair play to him; but I would have never thought of just saying "shut up and go away, it's a state secret".)

Saying that it's just not a priority is always going to be a fair answer, but it's an answer that you might pay for during a campaign.

Probably you can say the same for "I'll tell you later". :D

More seriously, the Minister of Defence and Foreign Affairs is not up for re-election this time, but the guy who was Seneschal in that government will be. I myself have been in the position of "I can't fire this Minister, even though he's incompetent/uncommunicative, because there's no replacement". But I paid, as you say, a political price for it.

Quote from: þerxh Sant-Enogat on Today at 01:46:20 PM@Ian da Bitour @anglatzara  @Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN @Barclamïu da Miéletz @Knobloch @Alexandreu Mitxeu Hårleu Furxheir @Ián Tamorán S.H. @owenedwards
You can claim at any moment your seat in l'Etats to shape a bright future for our beloved province. Why not now ?
Liberté, égalité, hilarité!

I was an idiot for voting per on this. Well I have done it anyway.

Okay so, I don't want to be involved in politics, at least for now.

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Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP on Yesterday at 07:38:36 PMThat provision is criminally underutilized. Would be a lot of fun to see newer citizens taking advantage of it in the future!

For sure -- we've had a couple people do it, but it probably needs promotion again.  Maybe we need a quickstart guide for them added to the What's Going On page?

May also be worth the MinImm -- whether the incumbent or their successor -- making a note of alerting them to its existence once they've been naturalized.

Yes, I agree.  That was done for a couple of months, and it had great success.  We should get back to it.

Good idea. Where's the text ? I think we owe a clear information to new citizens being proposed a seat in the Cosa, explaining we forbid broosking and that there are risks of political pressure when voting.

@Ian da Bitour @anglatzara  @Dame Litz Cjantscheir, UrN @Barclamïu da Miéletz @Knobloch @Alexandreu Mitxeu Hårleu Furxheir @Ián Tamorán S.H. @owenedwards
You can claim at any moment your seat in l'Etats to shape a bright future for our beloved province. Why not now ?
Liberté, égalité, hilarité!

Azul,

The house will be udpdated in Time.

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Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on Yesterday at 07:49:23 PMWell, you can't really be a centrist party if there's no "Right wing".

I'm not sure I agree with this -- there is no real right-wing party in Talossan terms, but they have existed in the past.  A right-wing party would presumably fight to return to hereditary succession, restore some of the royal powers, restrict immigration or otherwise try to create more hierarchy, and... hm, probably some other things.  It's possible that one of the newer parties will take that tack, although it doesn't seem very likely.  I do agree that the TNC was center-right in that sense, so it's a good point.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on Yesterday at 07:49:23 PMOne of the failures of the Free Democrats this term have been that we were so focused on getting a solution to the constitutional issue that we slacked off on Duty One of any opposition, holding the Government to account.

Probably Duty One is always going to be ensuring the survival of the country, right?  Probably that just goes without saying -- maybe Duty Zero?  And I think we've been struggling around a crisis point for a while, and resolving it with an all-round compromise was the higher calling.  I having nothing but respect for the recent forbearance and integrity of the Free Democrats over the past term.  That's thanks in large part to your leadership, I'm sure.

On a personal note, for that matter, I will never forget the grace and support I have experienced from so many Talossans, both in public and in private.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on Yesterday at 07:49:23 PM(I mean, in the last FreeDems government, I remember one oppositionist being quite persistent asking about what we were doing to the Zouaves. Fair play to him; but I would have never thought of just saying "shut up and go away, it's a state secret".)

Saying that it's just not a priority is always going to be a fair answer, but it's an answer that you might pay for during a campaign.