A guide for MPs to avoid questions

has an extremely informative and hilarious guide on how MPs duck awkward questions. It has to be read in context so I won't summarise it here, but he describes the various techniques as:

  1. The Headbutt ()
  2. The Flip (Annette King, Nick Smith)
  3. The Dodge (, Bill Birch, Murray McCully, , )
  4. The Smother Tackle (Jenny Shipley)
  5. The Block (Jenny Shipley, Steve Maharey)
  6. The Attack (Helen Clark, Tony Ryall, Winston Peters)
  7. The Amazing Shipley One-Size Fits All Multi-purpose response

It is a great piece of work by Steven – I wish I could hear the audio version. And it should really be taught to all new journalists!