A bitter war of words between the country’s two main anti-immigration parties erupted this week following an alleged physical confrontation between Irish Freedom Party (IFP) leader Hermann Kelly and a Brussels-based journalist.
Andrea Vance's book Blood Bath provides an insider's view of the carnage that erupted in the National Party from 2017 to 2021. And while things have calmed down under Christopher Luxon's his weaknesses, including his glossing over the importance of policy detail and his tendency to bag businesses has been noted.