Tova on the polls

Tova O’Brien writes:

Labour has been sent its most violent wake-up call yet in the latest 1News Verian poll with a four point tumble tipping them into the terrible 20s on 29%.

Anything with a two in front for major parties in a public poll this close to an election campaign will have apparatchiks freaking out that the rot has set in.

And when you have Luxon and Hipkins neck and neck in the preferred Prime Minister stakes there will be no more campaign consolation for Labour – only crisis stations.

Remember former National Party leader Simon Bridges was rolled when he took the party to 30.6% in 2020.

The problem for Labour is there is no Jacinda waiting in the wings.