Please continue your petty bickering...

Ah, the sweet sound of a National Party leadership challenge in the making. First you have the not-so-subtle undermining of the incumbent and denials of any leadership ambitions, then you have the attempts to exert authority, then we'll have the simmering discontent and rolling of the deputy leader (down the stairs, if anyone has a sense of irony), and finally we'll have the staged resignation "for the good of the party etc". It's vastly amusing to watch, and made all the sweeter by the fact that the Nats' guns are once again trained on themselves rather than on the government. And if we also get the usual post-coup fratricide driving talented people to the backbenches, it will be even better...