The Greens and ACT stand out as relative winners in recent polling and for much the same reasons. But there’s one big difference
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What National MPs need to weigh: Weeks v years... Collins' high base v low ceiling
National MPs meet tonight having to make some quick decisions with profound implications. One MP stands out as ready and road-tested, but would National act in haste only to repent at leisure?
Read MoreThe party of mixed messages
Future or past? Merit or representation? This leader or one of the previous ones? National has been making some headlines this week and getting on the news. But not in ways that helps Todd Muller
Read MoreGuest post: So, just who is Todd Muller?
Todd Muller was National’s inevitable leader who never was, until he became it, writes National Party insider Hamish Price.
Read MoreGuest Post: So that’s the leadership sorted. What now for National?
A leadership coup so close to a general election isn’t the ideal situation for a party in freefall but by electing Todd Muller as its new leader the National party may see a positive turnabout in fortune writes John Elliot.
Read MorePharaoh Bridges swamped by pestilence and poor polls
Simon Bridges was never likely to be National’s next Prime Minister, but he had scrapped his way to within inches of a campaign. Then came a plague and he hadn’t built any political immunity
Read MoreThe Nats shouldn’t be in with a shot. They are. Here are 5 reasons why.
Just how is it that National appears to be on the edge of victory this year?
Read MorePolitics Preview 2020: The one thing each party can control
Happy new election year! Each of the parties in parliament will be faced with an array of politics they can’t predict or control. But some things are clear, even on new year’s day. So these are the things they will be looking to control in 2020
Read MoreYou’ll never guess who supports a universal child tax credit…
Further confirmation of the way forward for National.
Read MoreInfrastructure won’t win it for National (but this other thing might)
Don’t be the party of infrastructure, be the party of families
Read MoreWhy National should consider a universal child tax credit
If it wants to be the natural party of government, National needs to get ahead of the curve.
Read MoreThe Neglect, or, the new cosmogony of the Labour government
All cultures and faiths require a creation myth to help make sense of the world. Things are no different for this government and its supporters. Nevertheless, it is fascinating to see how the internal narrative of the sixth Labour government continues to evolve as it is revised.
Read MoreLabour Conference Delegates - check your hubris at the door
Labour head in to their annual conference this weekend, and their Party members are likely to be feeling pretty confident about their chances of returning to Government in 2020.
However, it would be smart for them to keep their hubris in check by taking a quick trip across the ditch, where the Australian Labor Party (the ALP) thought they would too romp home at their election.
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