«Popular» is just about the nastiest term of abuse in their vocabulary. (newscientist.com)
It is just that the left is now so overwhelmingly in charge of the party that the Blairites or centrists (or whatever term of abuse is applied to them these days) seem utterly irrelevant. (itv.com)
Newspapers are courts, broadcasters are courts, to use a good old republican term of abuse. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)