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It looks like the National Party coups may be over soon...or at least until the next poll. Yesterday I wrote it's now or never (before the election): The more the coups are attempted and successfully resisted, the more likely Luxon will stay until November. Multiple…
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My hunch is that Luxon stands down as Prime Minister, to be replaced by Mark Mitchell. Here's why I think that. The reshuffle that saw Luxon persuaded by Mitchell and Brown to have Simeon Brown take over Energy and also become Campaign Manager makes a…
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Earlier this week, Trump decided to remove from Truth Social an image he had forwarded of himself wearing a white robe, with a glowing hand on the forehead of a sick man, which critics said was similar to religious paintings showing Jesus healing the infirm.…
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If rapidly rallying reports are true this morning, Luxon is on his way out. The latest news reports and anecdotes are that Luxon has already lost the numbers, but a successor has not yet been agreed on. Time is short, and National Party insiders are…
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We all have our favourite notions of what a left wing or progressive government should look like. Meanwhile, voters are limited to choosing those that stand, and elections are won on pragmatics. Who gets to govern is determined by swing voters, but also by mainstream…
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National is now leaking like a sieve. Either a coup against Christopher Luxon is under way or a group of disgruntled MPs are busily attempting to destabilise Luxon's leadership. Either way this is not good for National. From Thomas Coughlan at the Herald: Prime Minister…
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Without understanding the astonishing network of power exercised by the United Arab Emirates you would have no idea why the UAE was hit particularly hard by Iran in recent weeks. Nor would you know what fuels chaos from Libya to Sudan to Somalia to Yemen.…
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