The outcry has come from unions; the Labor Party, which now has a strong lead in the polls; and even a growing faction of Tory-supporting business leaders.
There's been the fallout and subsequent legal battle with parenting guru Gina Ford, Biscuitgate (when the prime minister refused to answer any biscuit-related questions) and even a breakaway faction of older mothers (calling themselves the Moldies) who felt Mumsnet pandered to the younger generation.
Romney himself has made no sign of wanting to be part of such a faction, even if it existed.
Warned Peter Harris of Earlham College, "Instead of empowering doves in Russia (as if such a faction even exists in the Kremlin), the policy of containment risks strengthening the hawks and encouraging Putin to double down on nationalist words and deeds". Republican legislators, in particular, like to talk tough.
Warned Peter Harris of Earlham College: "Instead of empowering doves in Russia (as if such a faction even exists in the Kremlin), the policy of containment risks strengthening the hawks and encouraging Putin to double down on nationalist words and deeds". While avowed critics of social engineering at home, most conservatives believe the U.S. government can remake foreign societies abroad.
While many of his followers became "War Democrats," and some even officially joined the Republican Party, a faction of the Democrats quickly emerged as an antiwar opposition.
One of the reasons why the "cessation of hostilities" is now at death's door was reflected in the fact that from the outset it was not called a ceasefire or even a truce, because several factions were excluded, including not just the Islamic State militants but also the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.
There appears to be a struggle under way between the president's inner circle, dubbed the "Bouteflika clan", and an even more closeted faction around General Toufik Mediene, the chief of Algeria's main intelligence service, the Département du Renseignment et de la Sécurité (DRS).
But in October 1562 the queen nearly died of smallpox, and, faced with the real possibility of a contested succession and a civil war, even rival factions were likely to have countenanced the marriage.
But even though this faction not only has a seat at the table in the Obama White House but may at times dominate that table, I'm not sure it explains the present spectacle.
