There is every indication that this could stretch well beyond the summer silly season and become a national election issue in November - a depressing prospect indeed.

Given that depressing prospect, the constitutional framework may be the best we can hope for.

What a depressing prospect for programmes with such reputations as 'World in Action' and 'This Week'.

This is regardless of the character of the bidder or the possibly depressing prospects for the company under the new management.

Going to see his father was a depressing prospect.

For me, no signals, no one calling out to us is a depressing prospect.

A century ago, the lower your income, the more hours a year you worked to earn it - a depressing prospect.

It was a depressing prospect that the farm would one day be run by a stranger.

This depressing prospect has not, however, inspired the wealthier nations to act constructively.

Now that winter has set in, they face the depressing prospect of six hungry people confined to the dugout day and night for several months.