Hooton’s piece is entertaining fodder, but it’s wishful thinking from a guy who has been wrong before. The National Party’s inertia will keep Luxon in the saddle, for better or worse.
Is the PM the biggest millstone around the government’s neck?
If a prime minister is being booed at a netball final, it raises a bigger question. Are voters already looking elsewhere ahead of the 2026 election?
Luxon’s ‘telling off’ of Seymour is a joke: a transparent attempt to look tough while doing nothing of substance. The UN’s been told where to go and Luxon’s left looking like the weak link he is.
The National Party is an affront to its founding fathers. Sneaky actions and hypocrisy both involve deception.
If National doesn’t start listening to its voter base then the damage it is inflicting on itself will only get worse.
Under Luxon’s leadership, National are now burning their political capital at a prodigious rate! For me and many others the gauge is hovering just outside the red sector and the big E!
National’s betrayal isn’t just a political misstep – it’s a slap in the face to voters who backed the coalition to deliver bold, principled governance. They didn’t sign up for a leader who’d rather appease the mob than stand for something.
This is not the poll Labour should be running, as it doesn’t directly target Luxon. You need to exert pressure and this poll doesn't do that, which makes it kind of pointless.
It is time for National to rethink how it views some domestic issues. Winston is completely on song with his followers. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for National.
Perhaps his boss might like to take a leaf out Simeon Brown’s playbook, starting with growing a spine.
Luxon and Hipkins: ‘politically weakened’ or ‘muddling through’.
Obviously Nicola Willis does not want to make a coat out of Dalmatians or dress as well as Miranda, but Labour cannot see this, any more than they cannot see that Willis is far more presentable and politically adept than Luxon.
Labour could do more to destabilise the National Party, but will they?
What has been really noticeable is how few people have come to his defence.
Kiwis voted for change at the last election, and Luxon said, yeah, nah.
