Examples of 'political football' in a sentence

Meaning of "political football"

The term 'political football' is used to describe a controversial issue or topic that is repeatedly raised or debated for political gain or manipulation, often without making substantial progress or resolution
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  • A contentious political issue or problem that is often debated or discussed, but that remains unresolved; an issue or problem which is avoided by authorities and handed off to others.
  • Ongoing unproductive wrangling or posturing between political factions, resulting in failure to deal with an issue or problem in a decisive or appropriate way.

How to use "political football" in a sentence

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Safety should never be used as a political football.
The political football that it has been is going to die down.
And we get thrown the political football.
Depending on which political football is to be thrown onto the field of play.
Stop it being the sorry political football.
It is a political football that gets hit back and forth with every change in government.
Let us stop treating international students as a political football.
A massive game of political football kicked off today.
This stuff is too serious to become a political football.
And we get thrown the political football to make the negative attention go away.
Even defenders say it has become a political football.
Kick the whole political football out of the policy minefield and into the electoral goal.
Governments have become habituated to using science as a political football.
The issue has long been a political football in the country.
But please do not use this housing development as a political football.

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Renewables a political football.
It is very sad to see this sort of aid used as a political football.
The world market has become a political football for the major producer countries.
It seems that the issue has become a political football.
Kony was a political football between Uganda and its neighbouring countries.
The issue is a political football.
The honourable senator is quite correct in not making this a political football.
But turning a massacre into a political football seems unworthy of even Senator Paley.
I do not want to turn the air service into a political football.
The hospital has become a political football between the two dominant Barbadian parties.
The estate tax is a recurring source of contentious political debate and political football.
The crisis has turned into a slippery political football in a coliseum called Washington.
Assure him our spying is just conjecture and does not need to become a political football.
Planning to make a political football out of it?
The situation in Belarus is too delicate to be used as a political football.
Will this be a political football in future?
The Opposition has made the issue a political football.
Of playing political football with military valor. to accuse high-ranking senators and their staffs.
We can not allow this issue to become a political football in the next election.
The partnership principle is a central issue here, but it must not be made a political football.
I'm not going to become some political football in your campaign for election.
We are not trying to knock the Government or use this issue as a political football.
In any event, it did become a political football during the election campaign.
I told you I will not allow this case to become a political football.
Under no circumstances must children become a political football in a fight over the principle of co-financing.
Apart from being a controversial issue, abortion is also a political football.
Cake has become a political football in America ».
We have got a nuclear test program that 's become something of a political football.
Germany vs Germany, when he faced political football and the same country.
We have got a nuclear test programme that 's become somethin ' of a political football.
London Bridge attack now political football as UK s Johnson, Corbyn spar.
The funding of a National Disability Insurance Scheme has been a political football in Australia.
Stop making this a political football and work with us to fix it . ".
How the World Cup became a political football.
The issue has turned into a political football in the run-up to the December 12 general election.

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