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Well, the polls have been giving signs that a National Party revival was underway, and last night's One ¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ Kantar poll confirmed that National has bounded ahead seven points to 39% to take the lead in the latest poll, the first since January.ÌýLabour’sÌýdropped three points to 37%.ÌýÌý

It's the first time National hasÌýbeen ahead of Labour since February 2020, which of course was a month before Covid-19 entered the lexicon, entered the world, and New Zealand was plunged into lockdown.ÌýÌý

National leader Christopher Luxon told ¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk ZB's Mike Hosking this morning, that people wanted strong economic leadership and there's real sense that the government has lost direction.ÌýÌý

He speaks a lot of sense.ÌýHe absolutely does.ÌýÌýThere is still a heck of a lot of work to do for Luxon, and as he says, you don't want a party to just oppose the Government, they want to propose a different way and a better way.ÌýÌýA lot of what he says is absolutely bang on.ÌýÌý

Hopefully this will send a message to the Government that you cannot run a country on ideology alone.ÌýÌýThere have to be foundations and underpinnings that show the ideology works, or at the very, very least, does no harm.ÌýÌýAnd it also shows that you cannot live off your Covid response forever.ÌýÌý

These polls are a sign that perhaps there are more people beginning to chafe and resent the Government control over so many aspects of our lives.Ìý