snipe

If elected, she pledged to have "difficult conversations" with the leadership, while refusing to "snipe from the sidelines".

"He doesn't have a seat in Parliament, wouldn't necessarily find or win one," and one minister snipes, "any chance to have a dig – Burnham will never miss an opportunity".

Others in the party are trying to stop the sniping.

McGhie then broke from Scotland's half to set up Scotland's third, the forwards trucked it up to the line allowing Brebner-Holden the opportunity to snipe as all good scrum halves do.

Officers have sniped about his burly build, tendency to smile during interviews and other eccentricities.