Sentence:  Damned by the Socialists as "traitors to the working class," its leaders were decried by Tories as "faceless peddlers of politics with a <WSD>pretty</WSD> little trinket for every taste." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see (petty). (from 15th c.)