loony left

Noun

 * 1)  Left-wing politicians or activists whose policies or ideas are considered to be ridiculous or too politically correct.
 * 2) * 1986: Headline in The Guardian, 18 Nov 1986
 * Tories Play Loony Left Card
 * 1) * 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'.
 * 1) * 1989: Fred Sedgwick, Here Comes the Assembly Man: A Year in the Life of a Primary School (referring to an event in 1988)
 * I sold the story to The Sun for school funds. They led with TROUBLESOME TOT over another piece about LESBIAN LOONY LEFT IN RIOTS.
 * 1) * 1992: Kenneth (EDT) Plummer, Modern Homosexualities: Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences, referring to "leaflets distributed by the Conservative Party local constituency association in Surbiton before the May 1991 elections":
 * They claimed that the London Boroughs Grant Scheme should be eliminated so that ‘public money' would no longer be spent on ‘"loony left" projects such as black lesbian groups'.
 * 1) * 1996: Mark McKenna, The Captive Republic: A History of Republicanism in Australia 1788-1996 (quoting Dr John Hewson, Leader of the Opposition)
 * The republican resolution was an example of the influence of the 'loony left' in the Labor Party.
 * 1) * 1996: Mark McKenna, The Captive Republic: A History of Republicanism in Australia 1788-1996 (quoting Dr John Hewson, Leader of the Opposition)
 * The republican resolution was an example of the influence of the 'loony left' in the Labor Party.