One side – let’s call them the #pragmatists – view #politics purely in terms of #policies enacted and material change on the ground. The other – let’s call them the #idealists – see a role for demonstrating their principles and modelling them in public. It is a debate that has simmered for centuries, and yet seems to catch each new #politicalgeneration unawares."

https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6399

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"The #government will naturally be hoping that, in reality, as few people as possible will be significantly hurt by what it is doing. But the impression that it is prepared to run that risk in pursuit of its wider aim is, in many ways, vital to its success."

Cutting #welfare goes against #Labour’s core values – that’s the point
https://theconversation.com/cutting-welfare-goes-against-labours-core-values-thats-the-point-252660

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