the awkward gang
informalDefinition
› in the UK , the group of MPs (= people elected to the government) in a party who often disagree with their leaderGovernment administration and organisationPolitical movements and groups
(Definition of the awkward gang from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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