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Article: Christian socialism?(Letter to the editor)
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- Quadrant
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- June 1, 2007
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SIR: Chris Lewis's assessment (April 2007) of how different a Labor government might be in its approach to economic and workplace policies provides much food for thought, but I think the prognosis for the country under Labor is worse than he would have us believe.
There are strong indicators that at least initially Kevin Rudd may adopt a more pragmatic, centralist stance than those on the far Left might be comfortable with. He cleverly judges Australian voters to be a pragmatic, reasonable bunch who mistrust ideologues and cranks. Like his counterpart and fellow smiling "Christian Socialist" Tony Blair, Kevin Rudd recognises the power of appearing charming, ...