Why are they so keen to rule out the one long-term option that offers a genuine, and just, solution?

A spinoff was considered a long-term option by many.

Ravi can prove this week he could be one of the long-term options.

This still remains as a long-term option for the line.

The Committee considered the long-term options for the railway network.

It can also represent a more long-term option, too, he adds.

A committee has been studying the long-term options for football, and will make recommendations by the middle of March.

Even by lunch a draw seemed a reasonable long-term option.

Leaving these stuck in a Windows 7 ghetto doesn't seem like a good long-term option.

But that is only temporary, and officials have since been discussing long-term options.