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People of NationStates!

Once again, I am standing for the honour of WA Secretary-General. In 2016, through my candidacy the NS Sport community left a timely reminder of its unity, strength of purpose and ability to punch above its weight, finishing high compared to comparatively large communities. But I am not just a candidate for NS Sporters. I am a candidate for us all. And for that reason, I have one main policy; to arrest the greatest threat to world peace that has ever existed. The man who threatens our very way of life every second he walks free. That's right.

I'm talking about Max Barry.

For too long the Bald One has towered over us, his dystopian gaze the front of a calculating, evil mind set to destroy us all. At any moment, he could turn NationStates off. Making Eura Secretary-General is the first step to a revolution that will free us from the tyranny of the Great Writer and his whims, and replace him with the Liberation of the Users. It will not be the end, not even the beginning of the end, but it will be the end of the beginning.

The war to defeat Max Barry will be long and arduous. But we shall prevail. How, you may ask? What if all others are defeated, and only Eura and its core NS Sport support survives? I borrow now from the words I spoke upon this plinth four years ago, as we prepared for our first campaign.

I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our NationStates home, to ride out the storm of the moderator clampdown, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of the Euran government as it stands up to be the NS Sport candidate - and the candidate of every single user that wishes for us to be free from the tyranny of the Bald One. That is the will of the WA and the nation. The United Federation and our Rushmori allies, joined by our Esportivan, Atlantian and other NS Sport friends, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength.

Even though large tracts of Nationstates and many old and famous Forums have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Mod Team and all the odious apparatus of Admin, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in the World Cup RP thread, we shall fight on the Gameplay sphere, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in Moderation, we shall defend our website, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the Discord, we shall fight on NSG, we shall fight in the RMB's and in the WA; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this website or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our allies beyond the seas, armed and guarded by Euran leadership, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, a new order in NationStates, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

God willing I - we - shall triumph, in the name of Margaret, blessed is her name. I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

VOTE EURA!

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2016 SPEECH

REPRODUCED IN GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOUR FOR THE 2020 ELECTION!

Turning once again to the question of the election, I would observe that there has never been a period in all these long centuries of which we boast when an absolute guarantee against invasion by morons, still less against serious influxes of n00bery, could have been given to our people. In the days of the Night of the Long Lymans, the same principles which would have carried the infants out of NS Sport might have brought them closer and given us a Casaran World Cup, or Slembana as eternal champion. There was always the chance, and it is that chance which has excited and befooled the imaginations of many gameplayer tyrants. Many are the tales that are told. We are assured that novel methods will be adopted, and when we see the originality of malice, the ingenuity of aggression, which our enemy displays, we may certainly prepare ourselves for every kind of novel stratagem and every kind of brutal and treacherous maneuver. I think that no idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered and viewed with a searching, but at the same time, I hope, with a steady eye. We must never forget the solid assurances of Euran leadership and the community of NS Sport when it can be locally organised.

I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our subforum home, to ride out the storm of the summer influx, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone. At any rate, that is what we are going to try to do. That is the resolve of the Euran government as it stands up to be the NS Sport candidate - and every single citizen. That is the will of Parliament and the nation. The United Federation and our Rushmori allies, joined by our Esportivan, Atlantian and other friends, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength. Even though large tracts of Nationstates and many old and famous Forums have fallen or may fall into the grip of the spam posting and all the odious apparatus of Generalites, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in the World Cup RP thread, we shall fight on the Sports Roleplayers Questions thread, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in Moderation, we shall defend our subforum, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the IRC, we shall fight on NSG, we shall fight in the RMB's and in the WA; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this subforum or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our allies beyond the seas, armed and guarded by Euran leadership, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, a new order in NationStates, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

(Oh, we'd clear up the whole site too, so we are more than a vote for NS Sport. Death to spammers, gameplayers using cheats and people with Iron Crosses on their flags. Eura strong. Peace through power. Etc.