This piece critiques the internal political turmoil within the National Party, highlighting disputes over leadership legitimacy, voting transparency, and strategic attacks by figures like Nicola Willis and Shane Jones, while arguing that such drama distracts from pressing issues如
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And to try and not spend too much money, and it's been a really tough time for him and the media have been unrelenting on him. But look, he called the bluff of anybody that might in fact have any opposition to him in the National Party stared him down and moved a vote of confidence in himself or no confidence.
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popular decline fueling political instability and media scrutiny
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