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Ryan Bridge: Buckle up; Luxon's going rogue
Christopher Luxon's going rogue.
The risk when making constitutional policy pronouncements 92 days out from an election, blindsiding your colleagues and diverting attention from your key messaging, is that you look erratic.
At best, voters might see this as a distraction play. They might see this as a means to regain the oxygen.
But it's not something anyone's actually asking for.
The top seven things' voters care about, in the latest Ipsos poll, are as follows. In order.
Inflation – 62%. Health – 38%. Economy – 34%. Then housing, unemployment, poverty, petrol.
Guess what's NOT in the top 20?…
The skinny
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