Friends,

It's been a long and eventful few months for labour. I'd like to take this opportunity to assess what we've done well, what we haven't, and how we can address that.
We've gone through a massive transformation; from a pariah party, into a group which others could happily coalition with, mainly through determined attempts at
diplomacy by myself and others in the party.

Still, there are huge issues with the party as it currently stands. Internal reform has more or less failed; the Weekly
discussion threads more or less failing to engage people, which hampers my eventual goal of using them for manifesto formation. I intend to address this by trying out
a new way to form manifestos; essentially, having the leadership and other interested parties formulate policy points, with them then being scrutinised by the party.
This allows the most interested people to spearhead efforts, while decreasing the effort required to contribute for those who are less interested to something easily
managable.

The new bill voting system is an utter failure; instead of putting bills to scrutiny, most people seemingly blindly vote yes, leading to more or less any
bill passing the vote, regardless of whether it really should. I think the only option that's really available to us is to restore the power of approving bills to the
leadership team; that way, we can make sure that any bills which Labour really shouldn't support, aren't supported. I'd like to stress that most bills would still be approved,
and that people whose bill have been rejected would still be able to submit their bills as PMBs, and indeed, for any non-MP who wishes to do so, I'm still
completely happy to sponsor their bill for them so it can be read. It's merely an attempt at ensuring that we don't submit anything we'll come to regret.

I'd also like to make a move away from having a written constitution; our current system has led to a large amount of pedantry and being gamey with the rules, to the
extent that there have been arguments within the party over whether the use of fonts is cheating. Instead of the current system, which has proven to be extremely dysfunctional,
we should move towards having most rules enforced Common Law style; with actions taken and severity of punishments being tailored to the situation,
instead of one size fits all solutions.

The amount of bills being written, while slightly improving, is still way below where I'd like it to be; this isn't really a problem with the membership, but more with the
party itself. We're a victim of our own success in a way; through our continual stints in Government, we've more or less achieved everything we can achieve, which leaves
us with very little left to do. This results in us both being a rather unproductive party, and also a party that is absolutely toxic when it comes to being in Government;
with no agenda to pursue, all we can do in Government is act as stewards while changing very little, which is extremely anti-fun, and rather damaging to the simulation.
I hope to change this by actively fostering a development of our ideology; we have achieved our Social Democratic vision for Britain, and it's time for us to go further;
to set our sights, quite literally, at the stars. I'd like to make Labour a futurist party. We can turn our sights away from achieving the Nordic social democracy we've
already achieved, and start on the road to post-scarcity. I've been looking into futurism for a while now, and I'm confident this is the best way for the party to move forward,
and stay relevant in MHoC, as an agenda-setting natural party of Government.

I'm dedicated to these reforms, and I'm determined to see them through. Thus, I will be calling a vote of confidence in myself, on a platform of pushing through the reforms
I talk about in this address. I hope you agree with me that this is the best next step, and join me in the fight to revitalise Labour.


Yours faithfully,

Wibble