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Audrey Young: Simon Bridges ousted - self-belief and rat-cunning not enough to save National leader

Audrey Young
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Senior Political Correspondent·NZ Herald·
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Audrey Young, Senior Political Correspondent at the New Zealand Herald based at Parliament, specialises in writing about politics and power.
Audrey Young: Simon Bridges ousted - self-belief and rat-cunning not enough to save National leader
Simon Bridges in his parliamentary office in 2019. Photo / Mark Mitchell

COMMENT:

Simon Bridges was not a popular leader. Not at the end, and not at the start.

Even when he won a resounding victory 27 months ago against some serious high-flyers in the National Party, including Steven Joyce and Amy Adams, he wasn't given much credit for the achievement.

So

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