Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on Today at 05:56:02 PMQuote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on Today at 05:22:01 PMQuote 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?
Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on Today at 05:22:01 PMQuote 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: 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.
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.
QuoteQuote 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.
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. @owenedwardsI was an idiot for voting per on this. Well I have done it anyway.
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!
Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 07:47:10 PMGood 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.Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP on Yesterday at 07:44:57 PMYes, I agree. That was done for a couple of months, and it had great success. We should get back to it.Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 07:40:38 PMQuote 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.
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.
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.