awkward squad

They looked like an awkward squad, with their improvised weapons.

"In fact you've a bit of awkward squad altogether, haven't you?"

He said poets are 'the awkward squad' of society.

Two former members of the Awkward Squad have since lost their union posts.

The media began calling the group the Awkward Squad.

Who better for this than the Chairman of the Awkward Squad?

The garden at Villa Balbianello is a member of this awkward squad.

I suspect it may need a few more listens but I'd hoped for something a bit more "awkward squad" somehow.

McDonnell rejoices in being a leading member of Labour's left wing awkward squad.

On the first morning John, another solo traveller and a benign member of the awkward squad, asked why American buses had only one door.

The prestigious Nobel prize has gone to an African woman for the first time - an environmentalist and paid up member of the awkward squad.

They are the awkward squad."

He has a reputation as one of the Awkward Squad of left-wing trade unionists.

Although Cousins has been described as a member of Labour's so-called awkward squad, his politics and indeed his personality are in reality more complex.

He is a potential member of the Awkward Squad of trade union leaders, taking a hard line against the government on issues of pay and conditions.

'My personal favourite is "Don't let the awkward squad fire over me",' Lexington said, his tone somehow commanding without sounding stern.

But then I wished that the Chairman of the Awkward Squad were in every section, especially Signals.

And he added: "In doing so we are not just being anti-European, not being the awkward squad.

It is commonly accepted that shortly before his death in 1796 Robert Burns uttered the words "Don't let the awkward squad fire over me".

The Awkward Squad is an informal grouping of socialist trade unionists in the United Kingdom.

A New Labour Nightmare: The Return of the Awkward Squad.

"The awkward squad".

There was a distinct frown in his voice and I wondered if he'd had any trouble from the Chairman of the Awkward Squad. '

Unsure that they will make a contribution, Jinjur calls them the "Awkward Squad" and names Prissy their captain.

He paused at the edge of the exercise ground, where, little Blashfield the armorer was shouting at his awkward squad, "Hup!