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Representative of the People - Job description (Ref: p1301)

This section is devoted to aiming high, for the top, not to being realistic. The idea here is to create a template, a ready-made structure upon which any person intending to perform a 'public service' of any kind might base her or his actions. For the purposes of this document, this country (the UK) and the 'real world' in which we find ourselves, the template is to be built for a person intending to stand for election to Parliament. This template is aiming for the top so first explicitly state the obvious; stating the obvious publicly will help the public servant or candidate to keep to her or his own tough rules.

(Numbered links in parentheses lead to discussion.)

A person standing for public office will publicly declare in writing at the beginning of a campaign :

I Jane John Smith will, until the election and whilst in office :

1. Trust the People.⁽¹⁰¹⁰⁾
2. Be honest in my public life.⁽¹⁰²⁰⁾
3. Be compassionate in my public life.⁽¹⁰³⁰⁾
4. Be respectful in my public life.⁽¹⁰⁴⁰⁾
5. Be candid and open in my public life.⁽¹⁰⁵⁰⁾
6. Accept that my refusal to explain any act or decision made in my capacity of public servant will be grounds for the People to demand my instant dismissal from office in disgrace at the discretion of the People, not any other public servant.⁽¹⁰⁶⁰⁾
7. Accept that the absolute minimum standard will be that no action or decision is ever implemented by me or anyone over whom I have authority without a prior explicit and open explanation of some kind.⁽¹⁰⁷⁰⁾
8. Accept the right of the individual to take no part in their own governance, to refuse to listen to the words of those governing, and to consider themselves incapable of understanding the principles and details of their governance and accept that all these things are the decision of the individual being governed never those doing the governing.⁽¹⁰⁸⁰⁾
9. Accept the principle that the only legitimate government is of People, for People, by People.⁽¹⁰⁹⁰⁾
10. Accept the definition of 'People' as being every Human Being alive now and in the future. Forever.⁽¹¹⁰⁰⁾
11. Accept the definition of 'government' as any exercise of any power of one person over another, with, or particularly without, informed consent.⁽¹¹¹⁰⁾
12. Accept the truly fundamental principle that any exercise of power by one person over another is a direct assault on the freedom and Human dignity of that person and is therefore immoral and unacceptable in the absence of reasonably defined necessity.⁽¹¹²⁰⁾
13. Accept that my position is that of servant of the People and that these declarations constitute minimum conditions of employment.⁽¹¹³⁰⁾
14. Accept that my position is that of member of a team being employed by the People under the absolute and sole authority of the People.⁽¹¹⁴⁰⁾
15. Accept that the Government has neither rights nor money, these belong to the People. The Government has responsibilities.⁽¹¹⁵⁰⁾
16. Be entitled to expect that the People will behave as 'equal opportunities employers', celebrating those things that make Human Beings different and diverse as additions to the sum of the Human Spirit.⁽¹¹⁶⁰⁾
17. Be entitled to respect for my private life.⁽¹¹⁷⁰⁾
18. Be entitled to expect that if the above priciples are being adhered to then questioning of my private life should not be necessary.⁽¹¹⁸⁰⁾
19. Admit in advance that I am not perfect and will fail to live up to these pledges.⁽¹¹⁹⁰⁾
20. Accept fair and open criticism in my public life.⁽¹²⁰⁰⁾
21. Accept that the position is temporary, a privilege that may be withdrawn by the People at any time, without prior notice or consent.⁽¹²¹⁰⁾
22. Accept that the signed original of these principles will be archived and copies will be posted in all public buildings and other public places along with my photograph and some contact details. The public servant must be available to the People and the People should be made aware constantly that this is so.⁽¹²²⁰⁾

The above declarations will be completely voluntary, with no legal or any other standing, and subject to no formal definition, measurement, censure or sanction.⁽¹²³⁰⁾

RE-ELECTION. (Ref: p1302)

This template sets out how an MP will act in the best interests of the People. As a statement of principles this will not change from election to election. The basis for re-election is therefore the record of actual actions while in office, and these principles. Accordingly, no campaign for re-election is appropriate, and none will be engaged in. Within seven days of an election being called the MP will state whether he or she wishes to be considered for re-election. And do no more.

In order to support the principle that power should be given from below not taken from above, and the principle that public office should be a duty and privilege, if, 30 days before the date of the election, 100 named electors state that they wish the MP to stand for re-election then the MP will be automatically nominated, regardless of their previously stated preference. If the MP wishes to refuse to stand then they must present reasons for their refusal in a formal manner. It will be permissible to state the formal reason for refusal as 'private'. However, there will be a mechanism for a court appeal to insist that the reason be made public. Knowing in advance that this is possible may result in false reasons being given, but at least this will be open to criticism, ridicule and negation by the People.

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Representative of the People - Job description (Ref: p1301)

RE-ELECTION. (Ref: p1302)