Ginger group
A ginger group is a formal or informal group within an organisation seeking to influence its direction and activity. The term comes from the phrase ginger up, meaning to enliven or stimulate. Ginger groups work to alter the organisation's policies, practices, or office-holders, while still supporting its general goals.[1] Ginger groups sometimes form within the political parties of Commonwealth countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Pakistan.[2]
Examples
- Ginger Group, a radical group of left-wing Canadian MPs in the 1920s and early 1930s
- Ginger Group (Queensland)
- Kitchen Cabinet, a term used by political opponents of President of the United States Andrew Jackson to describe his ginger group
- League of Empire Loyalists, a 1950s UK ginger group
- Momentum, which has been described as a ginger group[3] within the British Labour Party
gollark: We don't know the exact numbers but have rough information from which other information can be extrapolated.
gollark: People still have *some* idea.
gollark: We don't know how many people are actually infected and sometimes the deaths get confused with other things.
gollark: We don't actually *know* what it is, and it probably varies based on... stuff, so it's not exact.
gollark: The UK is mostly-lockdowned too, and schools closed a while ago, so I basically get a 5-and-a-half-month school holiday during which I still have to do work.
See also
- Entryism, a more militant tactic not always supporting general goals
- Pressure group, an outside, as opposed to inside, group formed to influence the direction and activity of an organisation
References
- Schur, Norman W. (2013). British English A to Zed: A Definitive Guide to the Queen's English. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-62087-577-3.
- Lok Sabha Secretariat (1975). Glossary of Idioms, English-Hindi: Containing Idioms, Phrases, and Proverbial Sayings Under Letters A to Z. New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 98. OCLC 2540350.
- Ley, Shaun (2015-11-30). "Deselection fear hangs over Corbyn's critics - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
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