"Political overtones" refers to the presence or influence of political ideas, messages or themes in a particular situation, event, or communication. Full definition
There seem to be some disturbing parallels with IPCC behaviour viz. public statements of (over) confidence in results ahead of formal publication political overtones in the press release failure to respond to critical review comments (although admittedly it is «early days» yet). (judithcurry.com)
, another critical moderate vote on the environment panel, warned senators on both sides of the aisle about the «very heavy political overtone at the start of these hearings.» (scientificamerican.com)
It is a piece of music with clear political overtones, evoking the memory of the half - million people who died. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)