Luxon Keeps Explaining; But Explaining Is Losing
Luxon is wounded. He just does not know it yet. He thinks he has dodged the bullet but the damage is done. The whispers are there, the polls are tanking and we all know what they are confirming.
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Audrey Young’s Wishful Thinking on Luxon’s Leadership Woes
Luxon’s grip is slipping and no amount of spin will change that. National needs to wake up before it’s too late.
Luxon’s Leadership on the Brink: Denials Can’t Hide the Growing Flames
Luxon might insist it is not a question, but the reality is staring him in the face. National needs a reset and the mutterings in the caucus suggest it could come sooner than he thinks.
The Spill Simmering in National: Coughlan’s Take Misses the Mark
With parliament rising soon, the clock’s ticking. Will Luxon steady the ship or will the agitators light the fuse?
The Spill is On? Who is Behind it?
From the gossip I am picking up, there are some back benchers supporting Bishop. There are at least 15 MPs who would benefit from Luxon going. So Bishop only needs 10 more to flip and it’s knife time.
Tova O’Brien Finally Wakes up to Luxon's Poll Disaster – She’s Been Reading the Good Oil
The voters are speaking, Chris. They are just not saying what you want to hear. And the louder you keep blaming Labour, the more you sound exactly like the people we booted out two years ago.
Goldsmith’s Latest Blunder: Leaks, Homeless Bans and Coalition Chaos
If National wants to hold onto power, they had better sort out these amateurs before the voters do it for them.
The Upcoming National Reshuffle
Any proposed changes he’d like to make are subject to approval of his coalition partners. That may prove trickier than trying to catch an electric eel with your bare hands.
Luxon’s Woman Woes: National Sinks Below 30 Per Cent and the PM Cannot Charm the Ladies
This lack of appeal to women is turning into a full-blown electoral headache for National. Current polling spells doom for their list seats, with the party scraping fewer spots in parliament.
Bayly Bites Back: Misled, Mugged and Now Gunning for Luxon
This saga exposes the dirty underbelly of party politics, where loyalty goes out the window when it suits the top brass. Keep watching: the real fireworks are just starting.
Luxon’s Cabinet Carnage: Reshuffle Brews as Coalition Fumes and Leadership Falters
Rumours are flying about his lacklustre leadership and the polls keep flatlining. Now this chatter about grand coalitions could upend everything.
Luxon’s Woman Woes: National’s Gender Gap Spells Trouble
Watch for the war cries from women’s groups soon enough. They will hammer Luxon for ignoring women and demand more female faces in the National caucus.
Luxon and Hipkins: Plotting a Grand Coalition to Sideline the Radicals?
If the polls tighten further, don’t be surprised if the grand coalition talk turns into reality. New Zealand politics just got a whole lot more cynical.
Which National MPs Won’t Be Back at 29 Per Cent
At some point the National caucus will have to wake up and realise that voters are allergic to Luxon and, as they look around their caucus meeting, they are seeing dead MPs walking.
Luxon’s Leadership Woes: Chatter About a Spill, But It’s All Hot Air For Now
What saves Luxon, ultimately, is that National’s the party of the status quo. They’re allergic to rocking the boat – always have been.