Forming a government of the most successful people in the country

The Natural Law Party today gave new meaning to the concept of all-party government. At a news conference in London, the party presented the list of nationally renowned and respected people it will invite to lead each department of the government if it wins the next general election (see list on page 3).

Explaining the initiative, Natural Law Party leader Dr Geoffrey Clements said that if his party is elected it will call upon successful leaders in every field to run government departments.

"Cabinet ministers will delegate significant responsibility and authority for the management of the nation’s life to these great men and women, rather than to career public servants as they do now," Dr Clements said.

"These leaders would be invited, without regard to their political affiliation, to form a government run in the spirit of national service, free from the poison of party politics, dedicated to nourishing and bringing satisfaction to everyone in the nation," he said.

Bringing success and the support of Natural Law to the government

The Natural Law Party believes that the administration of the nation should be in the hands of the most successful individuals in the country –- those who have already demonstrated in their own lives the highest degree of creativity, alertness, organising power, and good fortune.

"If such individuals were to run the government then they would automatically bring to government the success and the support of Natural Law that they enjoy in their own lives," Dr Clements said.

When presenting the list, Dr Clements emphasised that the individuals have not yet been approached in this context and will be invited to take these posts only when the Natural Law Party has a majority and is ready to form a government. He said: "If the Natural Law Party is the first choice of the people, then these national figures are the first choice of the Natural Law Party."

He added that in the all-party government of the Natural Law Party the cabinet will be composed of the most competent individuals from all parties represented in parliament.

The right of the people

The Natural Law Party holds that it is the right of the people to know which individuals will be running the country if they vote for a particular party. "Only on that basis can they make the right choice," Dr Clements said.

He encouraged all political parties in the UK to adopt this approach, both for national and local government, inviting the best minds and greatest experts to bless the nation and offer their expertise for constructive progress in the country.

Truly democratic government

Natural Law Party chairman David Lines pointed out another feature of the party’s plan to form a truly democratic all-party government.

"The Natural Law Party government will not be centred around one person," Mr Lines said. "The prime minister will delegate full responsibility and power for each area of government to the successful people invited to run that area.

"The prime minister himself will take overall responsibility to ensure the support of Natural Law for the country. He will focus on establishing and maintaining a group of 7,000 experts who will practise Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation and Yogic Flying in order to create an integrated, coherent national consciousness.

"By experiencing maximum coherence in brain functioning and bubbling bliss during Yogic Flying, this group will radiate harmony and happiness in collective consciousness, neutralise stress and negativity, and bring the support of Natural Law to the whole of national life. This alone is the basis on which any government can be successful," he said.

NATURAL LAW PARTY GOVERNMENT

Below are listed the successful individuals that the Natural Law Party will invite to run each department of government if it wins the next general election. They will be given full responsibility for their area of administration. In the all-party government of the Natural Law Party the cabinet will be composed of the most competent individuals from all parties represented in parliament

HM Treasury	Sir James Goldsmith	Leader of the Referendum Party
Governor of the Bank of England	Eddie George
Chief Secretary to the Treasury	Carol Galley	Vice Chairman and Fund Manager, Mercury Asset Management Group
Foreign and Commonwealth Office	Anita Roddick	Founder and Chief Executive, The Body Shop International Plc.
	Lord Rees-Mogg	Columnist and former Editor of The Times
Home Office	Sir Paul Condon	Commissioner, The Metropolitan Police
	General Sir David Ramsbotham	HM Chief Inspector of Prisons
	Sir Thomas Bingham	Master of the Rolls

Lord Chancellor’s Department The Lord Chief Justice	(appointment being made)
Department of Trade and Industry	David Sainsbury	Chairman, J. Sainsbury Plc.
	Sir John Harvey-Jones	Writer and broadcaster, Former Chairman of ICI
Ministry of Defence	Lord Owen
Adjutant-General	Sir Michael Rose	Former Commander of UN Forces in Bosnia
Department of Health	Sir Terence English	Master of St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge
Department of Education and Employment	Sir Geoffrey Holland	Vice Chancellor of Exeter University, Former Permanent Secretary at the Department of Education
Department of the Environment	Sir Crispin Tickell	Warden of Green College, Oxford
	Sir Jonathon Porritt	Former Director Friends of the Earth, Freelance writer and broadcaster
Department of Social Security	Richard Branson	Founder and Chairman, Virgin Group Ltd.
	Yvette Newbold	Chief Executive, Pro-Ned
Department of Transport	Sir Colin Buchanan	Former Professor of Transport, Imperial College, London
	Sir John Egan	Chief Executive, British Airports Authority Plc.
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Director of the Soil Association	Patrick Holden
Department of National Heritage	Bruce Gyngell	Group Managing Director, Yorkshire TV
	Lord St. John of Fawsley	Chairman, Royal Fine Art Commission, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
responsibility for the Citizen’s Charter Journalist and author	Esther Rantzen	Television producer and presenter
Duchy of Lancaster Office, including Bernard Levin

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