Whether or not Mr Blair is right, of which more later, he may also be calculating that this is one thorny long-term issue he doesn't have to deal with before he departs.
But as his enthusiasts here and abroad have noted, he did not complete his last term, raising thorny legal questions over whether he would have the right to run again in five years.
That approach may sound straightforward in theory, but in practice the vast variety of database structures and possible search terms poses a thorny computational challenge.
AB Social care policies Like Labour, the Lib Dems propose an independent commission to sort out the thorny issue of funding long-term care.
Many sceptics take issue with the bank's argument that discretion makes national central-bank governors on the board less likely to pursue their own national interests.In the longer term, plenty of thorny issues still need resolving.
What exactly Aristotle meant by the term is a thorny matter, much debated in the literature.
To tackle the thorny issues that create long-term improvements in health and drive down costs, we must look at the underlying factors that affect health and invest in strategies that we know can prevent chronic diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, cancer and heart disease.
If we were to categorize the various forms of cancer comedy, the huge majority would fall under the category of bewildered yawps in the face of tragedy, be those yawps bathetic ("Terms of Endearment") or thorny ("Curb Your Enthusiasm").
7digital's streaming radio API is designed for big companies and startups alike, and Nauman says it should be particularly helpful to startups in terms of simplifying the thorny licensing issues around music and letting companies focus on products.
They are divided on the issue of term limits, a potentially thorny topic for Mr. Maloney, who signed a pledge in 1998 that he would not serve beyond eight consecutive years.
