Sources say that Mr Carter's political inexperience, "commercial style" and lack of allegiance to Labour angered Mr Brown's parliamentary private secretary, Ian Austin, and the Children's minister, Ed Balls.
As a neutral - someone who loves to watch a great game of football but can't invest too much emotional energy in a bunch of overpaid goons hoofing a ball around a park - I always question my lack of allegiance around world cup time, and wonder if I'm missing out.
Other stories of mistreatment highlighted a lack of allegiance to the communities the festival theoretically would support.
Palin reckons their lack of allegiance to America was unsurprising since "both of them spent almost two decades in the pews of the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's church listening to his rants against America and white people".
That's a marked shift for a candidate who has spent months boasting about his lack of allegiance to Big Money donors, saying things like "I don't have to give you a website because I'm self-funding my campaign.
The flexibility of access to pharmacy services can result in a lack of allegiance to any one community pharmacy.
The contemptuous dismissal of nature as lacking intrinsic worth -- an unworthy competitor with God for human allegiance -- may no longer have mainstream credibility, but, like racism, it's part of the mindset that has shaped Western civilization.
But the text appeared unchanged, still lacking mention of Stein's Pétainist activity, or even Pétainist allegiances: In 1938, when their landlord reclaimed the atelier at 27, rue de Fleurus, Gertrude and Alice moved to an apartment closer to the Seine.
They are instead deemed as "nationals" who owe their allegiance to the United States, but lack the rights as citizens to vote, to serve as officers in the military or hold top government posts.
To underline her lack of party allegiance, she failed to attend any of the meetings for the creative industries review led by Greg Dyke for the Tories, partly because of work commitments but mainly because she initially thought it was a cross-party initiative.
