How Low Do National Wish to Go
The aim should be not to win reliant on other factors but to win big yourself with policies that appeal to the majority of voters. In this regard National has some work to do.
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National Reshuffle Shows Luxon Clearing the Decks for the Election
Luxon is trying to steady the ship before the election year proper begins. Whether this mix of promotions, sideways moves and quiet exits delivers the discipline and focus National needs remains to be seen.
Luxon Tries to Clip Bishop’s Wings but the Leadership Rumbles Have Already Started
The next few months will be critical. If the economy does not improve and the coalition keeps stumbling, the whispers in the National caucus will grow into open discontent.
Luxon’s Half-Hearted Slap at Bishop Changes Nothing
National needs to lift its game fast if it wants to avoid becoming a one-term government. So far the signs are not encouraging. The Easter poll will tell us more, but voters have seen enough half-arsed fixes to be sceptical.
National MPs meet, rumours fly, and Luxon starts sounding like Sir Humphrey
The cabinet reshuffle on Thursday will be spun as business as usual. Do not believe it for one second. The meetings, the leaks, the grumpiness in Auckland and the raw numbers in caucus tell their own story.
Luxon Fails Miserably: National Stuck With ‘Less Shit Than Labour’ Slogan
Voters are going to go into the election with National doing the same as it always does. They will tell voters that they are less shit than Labour. But are they?
Luxon Deludes Himself as National Slides Into Oblivion
Talk of a coup exists only in the feeble minds of legacy media. Luxon will hang on in quiet desperation, getting regular coaching from John Key, like he did last Friday, until Key nods at a proposed successor.
Luxon’s Popularity Takes a Nosedive in Leaked Poll
These poll ratings act like a boat anchor, holding National back from any real momentum. With an election looming later this year, Luxon’s personal unpopularity may well sink the party’s chances if they don’t address it sharpish.
The Old National Party Is Gone
This is why the election of 2023 now feels like a broken promise.
Luxon’s State of the Nation
Dull or disciplined? The PM’s State of the Nation laid out an election strategy built on continuity and trust.
Luxon’s State of the Nation: Defending the Record, Promising Discipline, But Where’s the Fire?
Is this an election-winning strategy? It feels like more of the same theme from National – not being as shit as Labour and spending a bit less.
Is This a Curate’s Egg?
Could a politician be any more disingenuous? Could a politician be any more duplicitous? National may not even be in government in 2029. They may not even exist as a party the way they are going.
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.
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 or Time for Someone Else?
Pee Kay No Minister Heather du Plessis-Allan, in the article below, states, “But if they choose to stick with Luxon, they have to figure out how to limit his damage to the party’s polling.” What about National asking themselves this question, “If we do stick with Luxon, how
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.