Word: factionalized
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Only two years old, the Alliance lacks the political machinery of the two more established parties and has beaten the Conservatives in only three contests so far. But in its short life it has established itself as a moderate faction between the Conservative and Labour extremes, maintaining liberal positions on domestic and foreign affairs and walking the thin line between Labour's increased spending for jobs and the Conservatives' tax cutting. It could gain even more ground if Labour continues its drift toward the far left and if the increasingly unpopular Foot remains at his party's helm...
...future of Labour, and therefore of the Alliance, depends much more heavily on what the 69-year-old Foot does next. In his years as Labour leader, Foot has had to contend with splits within the party, attempting to satisfy both the radical faction-- led by the flamboyant Anthony Benn--and the more moderate group headed by former Exchequer Chancellor Dennis Healey. The balancing act has not produced a coherent opposition to Thatcher, but, rather, seems to have wedded Foot to the most awkward and alienating position on every recent issue, from his vocal support of striking unions this summer...
...they do their best to exploit it. KGB agents posted in the Third World alert Moscow to signs of political turmoil that could be fanned into "wars of national liberation." It is difficult to determine how critical a role KGB intelligence plays when the Politburo decides which rival political faction to back in a regional conflict. But it may have been because of such careful spadework that the Kremlin was able early on to examine Angola's struggle for independence and predict the winner, a nationalist group called the MPLA...
...conflict within the organization now threatens to tear it apart. One faction, led by Saudi Arabia, includes neighboring Persian Gulf producers like the United Arab Emirates, and does not want to lower its production further to let the other side raise its output. The opposing faction, which includes Iran, Nigeria and Indonesia, desperately needs income and is eager to pump every drop of oil that it can sell, even if that sends prices plummeting. Iran, which has become the spokesman for this group, is spurred by the need to finance its two-year-old war of attrition with Iraq...
Nakasone is not only an opportunist but a stooge for former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, as shown by his appointment of seven members of the Tanaka faction to his Cabinet posts. I wish Tanaka would retire and write his memoirs, as your President Nixon...