Todd Muller has had a horror first week, but a win for National in September is not impossible | Bryce Edwards

New Zealanders generally don’t like their leaders too colourful or ideological, which might play well for the new opposition leader after a horror first week

The new National Party leader, Todd Muller, had been at pains to portray himself as a solid, serious, safe pair of hands, in contrast to the increasingly Trumpian leanings of Simon Bridges, who Muller deposed in a leadership coup last Friday.

But after an uneventful, if uninspiring, first press conference, Muller’s debut week quickly took a horror turn. He became enmeshed in a scrap with media and commentators over his Maga hat, doubling down on his intention to display it in his new office, but later capitulating under pressure.

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