Pensioning the Politicians

I am not hugely fussed one way or the other about Rodney Hide's participation in Dancing with the Stars. Given there wouldn't be an ACT party without him, he can write his own ticket. But I was musing about some role reversal, perhaps a similar series called "Pensioning the Politicians."

High profile contestants would partner an MP, one from each party, who would coach them on parliamentary performance. Every week each contestant would get a question and several supplementaries, and be required to make at least five points of order. The press gallery would comment and score their performance and the public would vote.

Each week we would eliminate not only the contestant but his or her buddy MP! What a great way to dump six MPs.

And, of course, as the best parliamentarian, this is the contest Rodney would win.