Nevertheless, when he himself came to power and developed an understanding of political and economic realities, he quickly dropped the social welfare policies of the Labour Party, which he came to regard as excessively idealistic. Instead, he opted for more pragmatic policies.
即使如此，當他日後從政，瞭解了政治和經濟的現實以後，對於工黨過於理想化的社會福利政策，也立刻做出修正，採取符合實際的政策。