loony left noun used by “moderate” politicians to demonise committed socialists as fanatical extremists UK,1977 Combines LOONY
If they want to vote–even if it’s for some loony lefty–I’ll take them down the polling station. — Andrew Nickolds, BacktoBasics, p. 77, 1994
[D]ependable moderate Bob Mellish [...] would have nothing to do with the loony left image of the time [early 1980s]. — Mark Steel, ReasonstobeCheerful, p. 129, 2001