a political football
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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Politics - general words
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- depoliticize
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- Maoism
- politicize
- politics
- polity
- populism
- populist
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
- usurp
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