Photo: NZ HeraldSenior National MP Judith Collins is dismissing any talk of challenging for the party leadership, despite jumping ahead of leader Simon Bridges for preferred Prime Minister in the latest political poll. National fell below Labour in yesterday's Newshub Reid Research poll, which had National on 41.6% and Labour on 47.5%. This morning Collins, who unsuccessfully ran for the party leadership when Bill English stepped down last year, said Opposition leader was the toughest job in politics and a role she was "not even interested" in. He said some his low polling was due to having to deal with the explosive fallout with former National MP Jami-Lee Ross. Senior National MP Gerry Brownlee said there was no chatter about the leadership.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 11, 2019 23:04 UTC