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

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Audrey Young: Simon Bridges ousted - self-belief and rat-cunning not enough to save National leader
Audrey Young: Simon Bridges ousted - self-belief and rat-cunning not enough to save National leader
Audrey Young
Opinion by Audrey Young
Audrey Young, Senior Political Correspondent at the New Zealand Herald based at Parliament, specialises in writing about politics and power.
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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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