The Labour movement stepped up its attacks as the Tories gave further details of their £12bn savings plans almost two weeks after the shadow chancellor, George Osborne, first outlined them.
But whether the rebels are part of a wider system of alliances, or desperados empowered in a few nights of rioting before being consumed in a court and media frenzy, depends on whether the country's largest social movement steps up.
Neither the situation on the ground nor the report, however, are of any benefit to the European Union and improvements will only come about if the grass-roots movement steps up its fight.
As international ministers arrive in Paris for the final week of the COP21 conference to reach an agreement intended to define the future of human existence on the planet, the climate justice movement is stepping up its critique of the UN climate talks.
They hope mercy will quell anti-European sentiments, especially in Spain where the separatist movement in Catalonia is stepping up its battle with Madrid.
"The antiwar movement must step up to its responsibility to make this a referendum on the war".
The AIDS crisis and a ferocious revival of the religious right during the Reagan years provoked the gay movement to step up its game.
The pro-life movement has stepped up its legislative game in the past two years, introducing and passing record-breaking numbers of anti-choice laws in 2011 and keeping the victories coming in 2012.
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has stepped up activity and dozens of artists including musician Elvis Costello and actors Dustin Hoffman and Meg Ryan have cancelled appearances.
The Weeknd is stepping up his support for the Black Lives Movement through his latest donation.
