Coalition leadership is hard. Luxon’s ‘nuclear option’ of electoral reform is not the answer

Much to everyone’s surprise – including, it seems, his National Party colleagues – Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has committed to offering voters the chance to revisit their electoral system. Again. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised – National has form when it comes to constitutional change. Indeed, there’s a parallel between Luxon’s promise to hold a referendum on the voting system if reelected and the circumstances from which the mixed member proportional (MMP) system first emerged.…