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Silly slogan on way for social policy (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glasnost

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'policy' is the definition.
(I know that Glasnost is a policy)

'silly slogan on way' is the wordplay.
'silly' is an anagram indicator.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'way' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'slogan' with letters rearranged gives 'glasno'.
'glasno'+'st'='GLASNOST'

'for social' is the link.
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(Other definitions for glasnost that I've seen before include "Soviet policy of openness" , "Gorbachev initiative" , "Gorbachev's policy from 1985" , "Openness (Russian)" , "Policy of openness under Gorbachev" .)

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