A commentary piece examines claims of internal rebellion within the National Party, focusing on Chris Bishop's alleged coup attempts and his subsequent denial, while questioning leadership integrity and party unity.
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thing I'll say about Chris that I think has been overlooked As, yes, like any politician, he has strengths and weaknesses. No politician is perfect. But one of Chris's strengths that has been overlooked is his ability to unite people and get the work done. So you look at the National Party, pretty much as soon as Bill English went at the start of 2018, all through 2019, all through 2020, all through 2021, I mean, they were almost literally trying to kill each other on a daily basis. Chris came along and united them. Then you've got this coalition, three parties, our worst enemies always wish that it would fall apart in a matter of months. Chris has managed to lead a united government and that has enabled us to get a lot of stuff done. So you look at the farm environment plans and the resource management reform and dealing to Te Mana o Te Wai and dealing to significant national areas. co-governance generally across government three waters being thrown out and done a lot more sensibly I mean I could go on all day but you know a huge amount of work has been done this government's now been accused of using far too much urgency in Parliament and I I think we should take that see because Parliament should be a sober body that considers things carefully but on the other hand
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threat to unity amid internal dissent
Chris Bishop signals Luxon coup attempts are over .. for noweffective coalition leadership and work done
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