The Soft Social Democrat Wears Sensible Shoes

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A Stronger Town Hall And A Welsh Pilot

A Stronger Town Hall And A Welsh Pilot

Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat file this dispatch from the political far frontier.

The Soft Social Democrat believes the cure for capitalism is a slightly nicer version of itself, with better dental care and clearer signage. Our editor Alan Nafzger, of The London Prat, has compiled the following field notes on the Soft Social Democracy mindset, with help from Britannica on social democracy and the King’s Fund on welfare and society.

Twenty Things You Learn Watching Soft Social Democracy In The Wild

  1. Has a fondness for the German Mittelstand he rarely admits.
  2. Believes any economy can be improved by a slightly bigger apprenticeship scheme.
  3. Refers to public investment the way woodworkers refer to grain.
  4. Has explained vocational education at a christening.
  5. Considers a decent regional bank a moral act.
  6. Refers to industrial strategy the way some men refer to rugby.
  7. Has a soft spot for sectoral pay councils.
  8. Believes any policy can be made better by a Welsh pilot.
  9. Has explained the difference between social democracy and democratic socialism, again, at a stag do.
  10. Considers a regional development agency a kind of heritage.
  11. Refers to council housing the way ornithologists refer to swallows.
  12. Has, on a napkin, redesigned the local enterprise partnership.
  13. Believes the cure for Westminster is a stronger town hall.
  14. Refers to subsidiarity with a small, kind smile.
  15. Has explained, on a train, why decent housing is a national project.
  16. Considers a community hub a small, accidental cathedral.
  17. Refers to the Bauhaus mood as a slightly aspirational policy texture.
  18. Has a soft spot for the IFS that he refuses to defend.
  19. Believes any town with a working market square is, structurally, alive.
  20. Maintains that soft social democracy is the country wearing sensible shoes, on the long walk home.

Closing Note From The Editor

If any of the above sounds familiar, congratulations, you have either been to a polytechnic seminar or a dinner party in Hampstead. For more in this series read further dispatches at govna.uk and the parent site prat.uk. For a second opinion that is also wrong, see NewsThump.

SOURCE: https://prat.uk/category/politics/

SOURCE: The London Prat