Possible Clues:

• They're presently out of power
• Opposition's leaders
• In opposition 8 follow the case
• Politicians indicate where speaker might sit when bill is introduced
• Policy-making group of opposition party
• Politicians who can't be said to be worried?
• Political group who will come out with biased cant
• Society who can't abide wavering opposition leaders
• Opposition group kept slightly in the dark?
• Opposition politicians