Political Roundup: National has bigger problems than its leadership 20 Apr, 2021 02:33 AM 12 minutes to read National leader Judith Collins during her caucus reshuffle announcement at Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell ANALYSIS: Speculation about the National Party's leadership has died down, after a fortnight of rumours and overt positioning by supposed challengers to Judith Collins. She lives on as leader for a bit longer, and Christopher Luxon and Simon Bridges have been put in their place. National now desperately needs to focus on the more substantial issues in rebuilding their party as an alternative to Labour. Following on from my own column, Political Roundup: Rumours of Collins being rolled by Luxon and Bridges, the idea that Simon Bridges might be positioning himself for the top job again was brought to a head by The AM Show host Duncan Garner reporting that the former leader had told him off-air that "I'll give her as much support as she gave me as the leader", referring to Collins – see: National leader Judith Collins is a dead woman walking.