Possible Clues:

• Practical governance
• Approach to governance based on pragmatism rather than idealism
• Digging up patio, killer’s acting practically, not morally
• Practical governmental principle
• How government works in practice, not in theory
• Practical approach to diplomacy
• With crude oil involved, like part played in government without scruples
• No idealistic strategy could give a top killer one
• Practical rather than moral style of governance
• Governance based on practicalities, not ideology