💡Quick Hits are an exclusive format from The Good Oil. Upgrade your membership to get every Quick Hit, plus deep dives, intelligence briefings, and more — delivered straight to you. The latest Talbot Mills poll has dropped and the message is unmistakable: New Zealand First is surging, the Greens are in
The move of National voters towards New Zealand First is following the same trend that’s underway in the UK and now Australia, where major parties are losing disillusioned supporters to parties that are promising to address their concerns.
This exactly where I think Chris Luxon finds himself right now. Especially in regards to race relations. Not every politician passes such a test, particularly when elections are approaching.
These issues need to be addressed post haste. Nothing less will satisfy the voter base. Here’s the scary thing: time is running out.
For the coalition this poll brings welcome relief. For National it is another reminder that Luxon remains the albatross around its neck.
We’ve been fooled by false narratives before, including me, but the reality is clear. Mining done right drives growth, jobs and regional revival.
Childish and churlish: that’s the calibre of the man who wants to resume the prime ministership come November.
If National loses the election this year, it is on them for doing a poor job and assuming that they would have two terms. It is also on their supporters for not holding them to account from the first minute.
Luxon is a very poor leader and a poor PM but gee whizz, Hipkins has failure stamped over every ministerial portfolio he has had in his hands.
Give Luxon a break, and turn your jeers into cheers, because nobody’s perfect. If you tear down Luxon, you’re only helping the crazy left.
Christopher Luxon was the fastest person to go from outside parliament to PM. Now it looks like he will be the fastest person to get rolled after winning an election.
Luxon needs to pull his tiny little hands out of his pockets, shelve training for the world pocket billiard champs and start doing politics better. Show some fire: tackle the issues head-on and rebuild that voter base.
Will NZ right-wing patriots fracture like in the last general election?
All up, not a bad effort from Damien Grant. He nails National’s dismal record on spending and ends with a call to arms: grab a chainsaw and go after the deep state bureaucrats, Javier Milei style.
