The National Party lost Simon Bridges last week, which has reinforced the notion that the party still has some serious deficits of talent and diversity. National’s diversity and talent problems National was already suffering from a serious diversity problem before Bridges’ departure. Will Simon Bridges eventually make a comeback? There’s speculation that Simon Bridges hasn’t really retired from Parliament for good but intends his reported retirement to be more of a sabbatical. This is definitely a case in the National Party, but every other party as well.

Source: Stuff May 12, 2022 18:30 UTC