
In TV4's party leader debate on 11 September between, among others, Stefan Löfven and Annie Lööf, so Lööf used several ruling techniques:
1. Ruling technique: Lööf wanted to appear more well-read by bringing a large compendium that Löfven had not had time to read. She thought he should take her compendium home and read it. This is indirectly asking him to comment on material that he gets his hands on and is unreasonable and impossible. Annie Lööf knows that. That is why she does it. Just as Lööf is not well-read on all the material in the whole world, neither is Löfven or Reinfeldt. Now Löfven also claims that he had read the booklet and if he had then received it, it would have seemed even more like he had not read it.
2. Reverse sexism: By forcing material on Löfven that he didn't ask for, she wanted to make it appear that he wasn't listening to a young girl. If he had accepted it, he would also have lost by appearing less well-read than Lööf.
3. Integrity: Löfven has the right not to accept material. It is Lööf's own problem that she is trying to impose the documents she has on others.
What conclusion can we draw from this? Annie Lööf is not sufficiently well-read as a politician to handle a debate without resorting to dirty tricks.