Christopher Luxon’s problem with MMP is really a problem with National’s identity – Adam Pearse

**THE FACTS: **

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told Newstalk ZB he would support a referendum on MMP if he were re-elected
Luxon said National should be given more support so the party didn’t have to share Cabinet with ‘some yahoo and numpty’.
NZ First leader Winston Peters said there could be ‘interesting repercussions’ for Luxon.

OPINION

Throughout his first term in Government, Christopher Luxon has repeatedly shrugged off any suggestion of coalition division as simply the maturing of New Zealand’s MMP voting system.