Hard left

Hard left (or hard-left) is a term that is used particularly in Australian and British English to describe the most radical members of a left-wingpolitical party or political group. As a noun and modifier it is sometimes used pejoratively in referring to left-wing political movements and ideas seen as outside the mainstream centre-left. The term has been used to describe wings and factions of several political parties across the world, particularly the Labour Left wing of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom and Labor Left faction of the Australian Labor Party, particularly in the 1980s. In Australia, the term refers especially to the group around Anthony Albanese. In the UK, it refers especially to the Socialist Campaign Group and Bennites.