I can’t say I’m feeling sorry for him - but I am very concerned.
We can’t say he’s dead at the wheel - - because he doesn’t even seem to have made it into the vehicle yet. He hasn’t inspired me even slightly - and me - like the rest of the Nation’s people - are desperately looking for a new leader for what is left of the actual Nation - not to even mention the National Party itself.
Maybe National needs to do the big switcharoo - and swap him for Nicola Willis - or look deeper into the membership for leadership material.
We need a leader who will be strong - and whose strength is obvious - and ready for trouble - and able to deal with it - and he will need charisma - and the drawing power to lift the Nation out of the deepest and most corrupt and dangerous hole it has EVER been in.