COMMENT | BN will most likely win Johor, and anyone inside Pakatan Harapan who cannot admit that is not reading the ground properly.

Johor is not a state where BN has to start from zero. The machinery is there, the branches are alive, and the local figures are known.

In many areas, people still know which BN man to call when something needs to be solved. Some complain about BN, some are bored with BN, some want better choices, but familiarity still carries weight.

Harapan cannot fight the election by pretending otherwise.

The issue is not whether BN can form the next state government. BN probably can. The issue is whether BN returns with the same comfort it had in 2022, or whether voters cut that comfort down.

BN won 40 out of...