bickering

“1820, in Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, By William Coxe, Ch.40 heading. Meeting of Parliament. — Choice of a whig Speaker. — Speech from the throne. — Parliamentary proceedings, and party bickerings.”

“By this time the two companies were beginning to realise that the continual bickering was not doing either of them much good, and the L.Y.R. (like many others) was becoming tired of the dominance of Euston.”