Chrissie Webb’s Reviews > The Best of Benn: Speeches, Diaries, Letters, and Other Writings > Status Update

"I would have regarded myself as a radical then but I did not join the Bevan Group... because I felt that a left isolated from the mainstream of the Party would weaken its own influence."

The quandary between ideology vs pragmatism is one that is necessarily pondered when considering politics today. Compromise is practical, yet I struggle to align with any party without sacrificing some of my unwavering morals.