Wow, what a week.

Gun owners were thrown under the bus by NZ First in a craven act of betrayal. 

What will be the electoral consequences of that?

And is the situation recoverable?

Then the government’s Chinese plague recovery efforts  had the wheels fall off the trolley in many different ways. 

Lapses at the border, inept management of quarantines, reports proving the government lied about PPE stocks and reversals of previous policies over testing, masks and recovery.

Now the Army is in charge of the borders.

It all sounds like the government is no longer in control of the narrative and on the back foot.

Is it possible that we will see a deal in Auckland Central as a way to shore up Green support and destroy Nikki Kaye's moral right to claim a leadership role.

Never say never in politics.

Finally I’ll delve into what increased support from members will or could make available as we strive for our goal of ten thousand members.

I’m Cam Slater and this is Insight: Politics