Morrison's 'teal' backlash, a cautionary tale

Morrison's 'teal' backlash, a cautionary tale
National will want to avoid Scott Morrison's fate. (Image: Getty)
Dileepa Fonseka
All through last week, people have been asking themselves what the National, Act and NZ First parties really want, but the answer to this is easy: they want the same thing every first-term government wants – a second term.  For National’s Christopher Luxon, the return of a deadly cocktail of issues akin to 2008's didn’t carry him over the 40% bragging threshold on election night this year like it did John Key, but it got him pretty close.  Back in July 2008, inflation was above target at 4% and heading for 5%, th...

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