One year after suffering a huge election loss, New Zealand’s conservative opposition leader Judith Collins was ousted yesterday by her caucus.
Collins was in the role for a tumultuous 16 months. She never polled well as leader of the National Party, even after New Zealand Prime Minister and liberal Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern’s popularity began to fade in recent months as a COVID-19 outbreak took hold in Auckland.
Rumors about a possible move against Collins had been circulating for weeks, but she ended up making the first move on Wednesday night by stripping former leader and potential rival Simon Bridges of