The political backdrop could add to the uncertainty of the proceedings.

"I don't want anybody to use me as a political backdrop," she says.

It is a love story set against a political backdrop.

The political backdrop to this phenomenon is well known.

I don't know, but this story does unfold against a pertinent political backdrop.

"This investigation seems fairly clear on who did what when, but it's being played out against a difficult political backdrop," an officer said.

The long court fight enters its final stages against a shifting political backdrop.

Now you get more of the political and social backdrop against which the atrocities are occurring'.

The program explains the political backdrop that helped make the James brothers seem heroic.

The sharp decline came despite a political backdrop that would appear to support the currency.