Loony left
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The loony left is a pejorative term used to describe those considered to be politically hard left. First recorded as used in 1977, the term was widely used in the United Kingdom in the campaign for th
Neil Kinnock, the Labour Party leader when the term became widely used at the 1987 general election
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
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"Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" is an English nursery rhyme, the earliest printed version of which dates from around 1744. The words have barely changed in two and a half centuries. It is sung to a variant of
Loony left
…less than their resonance with voter fears. Three of the most famously recorded instances of "Loony Left" activities—the renaming of the nursery rhyme "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep," of "manhole covers" and of "black bin-liner bags"—were myths, outright fabrications by the press. Other stories, such as reports that London councils…
The rhyme as illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler
Illustration for the rhyme from Mother Goose's Melody, first published c. 1765
W. W. Denslow's illustrations for "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep", from the 1901 collection Mother Goose