main points:

• Reduce MPs sitting in parliament at any one time to include only those for whom current legislation is relevant
• Have MPs spend more time in the electorate attending to community groups and keeping a finger on the pulse
  

Contemporary politics is characterized by 'left' and 'right' ideologies and there is often pressure from the media to enforce a stereotypical view of politicians as belonging to either camp.  The general management of the country, however, requires making decisions not necessarily based on ideology and which depend on the skills and experience of the politicians as managers than on any ideology.

During the development of party politics over the past two centuries, ideology has been an important issue.  Communism and facism were heavily based on ideology, often to the point of obsession.  In our political maturity and the result of two world wars and the cold war, we have learnt that the creation of definite systems through the implementation of a particular ideology does not produce good results.  As a result we have a political management system that involves the constant embattlment of two or more ideologies against each other.  While this has meant we have avoided being led astray by one particular ideology, it has created an environment of unnecessary conflict in parliament and a tendency for unnecessary creation and un-creation of policy from one government to the next.  

The E-Party is being set up to cater for the post-ideological age. In the post-ideological age focus can be put on skills, experience, personal attributes and characteristics of individuals in parliament. Post-ideological politicians should be able to exhibit flexibility and use their full intelligence and experience when dealing with events as they are thrown up before them, rather than sticking dogmatically to a chosen ideology (traditionally represented by 'left' and 'right'). By diffusing the traditional focus on ideology and the confrontational right or wrong political posturing that goes with it, politicians can be encouraged to more constructively discuss issues through to the most balanced conclusions before turning them into legislation. Legislation is costly, especially when the following government immediately undoes it. The more that politicians can conduct themselves in an intelligent manner in parliament and save taxpayer money, energy and patience by only putting through legislation with the greatest relevance, utility, efficiency and durability, the more respect they can expect to get. The more respect, the better the calibre of person parliament will attract, and so on, until we have one of the best governments in the world.

The E-Party endeavours to achieve this by the development of a brand that is associated with robust selection of candidates. Candidates will only be accepted if they have demonstrable skills and experience and an area in which they have an ambition to apply themselves. Also the E-Party would endeavour to be a small party that is not based on the personality of its leader but on an organisation and vision that is durable and far reaching.