long hard look

The author said he has spent months taking a long, hard look at himself and how he has made people feel, noting that he’s learning, “trying to do the work needed” and growing.

Dr Henrietta Hughes, patient safety commissioner for England, welcomed the report, saying the NHS needed to take "a long hard look" at the way patients are involved in their care.

Democrats need to take a long, hard look at that staggering arithmetic: Thirteen million Biden voters either switched to Trump or, in more cases than not, simply couldn’t be bothered.

“It’s time for the Democrats to take a good, long hard look at how this happened,” said Joe Scarborough, the host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, as he opened up the show.

Mulhall, who is part of Jenrick's campaign team, said the former minister likes to "step back and has had a good long hard look at what happened" before coming up with the "clarity, vision and polices that appeal to the common-sense common-ground".