Christopher Luxon has turned a caucus management issue into a full-blown political catastrophe. MPs are leaking, ministers look rattled, Winston is circling and voters are watching a government visibly losing control of itself in real time.
After months of attacking Treaty references, the coalition may be realising Māori-bashing has reached its electoral ceiling.
The fuel crisis may be the latest punch, but Labour says National had already left Kiwi households reeling from soaring costs.
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Five disgruntled MPs… or total support? Luxon can’t seem to decide — and that contradiction is starting to look a lot like a leadership crisis National can’t contain.
Labour up. National down. Wild swings like this don’t just happen — something has broken.
Fuel stocks are falling, global supply is tightening — and the Government is still performing for the cameras instead of preparing for impact.
If this is the campaign rollout, it’s not discipline — it’s noise. And voters tend to tune that out fast.
Petrol up. Diesel soaring. Everything else follows. For households already stretched, this isn’t pressure — it’s breaking point.
If Luxon falls, it won’t stabilise National — it could detonate the whole political cycle.