When will they learn?
Dodging questions in media interviews is never a good look.
The audience hates it. It antagonises journalists. And it does not make the issue go away.
It also leaves spokespeople looking evasive and slippery.
Just ask Rishi Sunak.
His first set-piece interview of 2023 has been undermined by a question about whether he uses private healthcare.
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