0 a problem that politicians from different parties argue about and try to use in order to get an advantage for themselves: --
We don't want the immigration issue to become a political football.
We must not make them a political football.
But the chair should not become a political football, as it would if the chairman were to change as often as political power changed.
I repeat that we should not minimise the problem, but we only exacerbate it by making a political football of the situation.
I have described the mining industry as a political football.
They should not be allowed to become a political football.
We should not use those older people as a political football—they are real people with real concerns that should be addressed in our debate.
The service is far too big to be made a political football; we should listen to local people.
For too long, defence has been a political football.
