in a show of political dominance, nz national party leader simon bridges humiliates paula bennett by telling her to get him some bloody water. having both been junior mps under john key, bridges and bennett were part of the new generation inside the national party, which would absolutely shit the bed when key resigned in 2016

under key's brief replacement bill english, bennett was elevated to deputy prime minister, while bridges was freed from the thankless shackles of being the minister for transport, and was instead put in charge of the incredibly vague portfolio of economic development. after the party was chucked out of office in 2017, simon bridges won a surprise victory over party moderate amy adams in the resulting election for national leader, with his oily face appearing on tv screens across the country.

the public was not impressed however, with his preferred pm rating dropping to less than five percent by 2020. as a result, he was rolled by judith collins, who went on to do an even worse job of leading the party. in late 2021, with rumours that bridges was looking for another shot at the title, collins sacked him, telling the world that the member had asked for sex tips from fellow mp jacqui dean