0 a problem, situation, etc. that is difficult to deal with and causes a lot of disagreement:
1 a situation or subject that people disagree strongly about and that no one wants to deal with:
The issue of immigration became a political hot potato.
I am the first to realise what a political hot potato it is.
As the chairman of the first committee in the modern age to tackle a bioethical hot potato, she is a great example of where philosophers ought to be.
Mowlam has inherited what is called "a hot potato".
Gadar became the newest political hot potato.
He had not expected this hot potato.
But the reality, that is, a proposed solution, was not offered to us, and remains a hot potato for the next presidency.
Local government services became a political hot potato instead of a focus for community leadership, which they should be.
The case is then suddenly dropped like a hot potato by the police.
