swivel-eyed

comparative more swivel-eyed · superlative most swivel-eyed

1. Fanatical, deranged.

   Richardson, Warner, Lewis and Adamson are not swivel-eyed, right-wing loons — Richardson was Bob Hawke’s chief of staff.

   2019, Greg Sheridan, New Chinese era of living dangerously

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   He will rattle into Canberra surrounded by a coterie of swivel-eyed trusties like Peta Credlin as chief of staff, Andrew Bolt as media director and Greg Sheridan as national security adviser.

   2017, Alex Mitchell, Turnbull – waving or drowning?

   It seems that the Lib Dems’ policy to revoke Article 50 without a referendum has disturbed the sensibilities of all but the most swivel-eyed Remainers.

   2019, Michael Moszynski, Labour’s dire general election campaign

   Sunak seems so scared of his party's swivel-eyed right wing that he has been panicked into focusing all new legislation on perceived 'red meat' issues which he hopes the Tory right will support.

   2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3