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Brigitte Morten: Political commentator on the future of Luxon's leadership
National will struggle to show they are a unified caucus if Prime Minister Christopher Luxon survives a leadership challenge today, political commentator Bridget Morten says.
“They can’t let this drag on any longer,” Morten told Ryan Bridge.
She says that if Luxon were to survive, it’ll be difficult for them to demonstrate that this kind of speculation won’t plague them all the way through to Election Day.
If National and Luxon were voted back into power on November 7, people would also question if he would survive a second term as leader.
Asked if Luxon’s likely challenger Erica Stanford was…
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