loony left

noun

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  1. Left-wing politicians or activists whose policies or ideas are considered to be…

    Left-wing politicians or activists whose policies or ideas are considered to be ridiculous or too politically correct.

    • Tories Play Loony Left Card
    • The Earl of Halsbury ([Hansard] 1986 p310) spoke of how he had been ‘warned that the loony left is hardening up the lesbian camp and that they are becoming increasingly aggressive'.
    • 1988: John Twitchin, Introduction to The Black and White Media Book The term ‘anti-racist' has become associated with ‘left-wing sentimentality', not to say ‘loony left extremism'.

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