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Quick intelligence briefing from Good Oil – Political Intelligence.
The outrage is the delivery mechanism, not a side effect.
The outrage is the delivery mechanism, not a side effect.
Will Luxon double down on the attack against Winston, or will he be forced into a humiliating retreat to save the government?
Christopher Luxon’s press conference and parliament performance reveals how explaining is losing in politics.
The Good Oil’s Poll of Polls reveals Labour leading at 35.2 per cent vs National’s 29.6 per cent. The coalition survives with just a one-seat majority – and it’s entirely dependent on Winston Peters.
The moment a senior minister stops echoing the ‘full support’ line in interviews is the moment the coup is complete.
How many other “high-risk” offenders are out there with conditions nobody is enforcing?
Winston Peters will continue to position NZ First as the ‘adults in the room’ Expect more ‘unnamed National sources’ briefing against Luxon in the coming weeks.
💡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 government wants parliament to back a free-trade agreement with India. There’s just one problem: they won’t show us what’s in it.
The media’s attempt to frame this as ‘losing community engagement’ is a joke: you cannot engage with a criminal enterprise without becoming its payroll office.
If the FTA fails, Winston owns the populist victory. If it passes with concessions, Winston owns the win. He can’t lose.
The roads were never going to build themselves. Turns out, they’re not going to be built at all – at least, not the way they were promised.
The Judicial Conduct Panel has set a precedent – and it’s the wrong one. It has told every judge in the country that you can publicly heckle a senior government minister, accuse him of lying, invoke your judicial colleagues as political allies and still keep your job.
