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Jacinda Ardern resigns.

Talk Wrench

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New Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern has resigned.

I've got family in NZ and the vibes they are sending out is that New Zealanders are rejoicing. There's probably also New Zealanders that aren't as well.

Thoughts?
 

Tin basher

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Not really a follower of NZ politics but her strict handling of Covid drew world wide attention and gathered a mix of praise and distain . Whether it was the right move? History will decide. There was also the Christchurch mosque shooting incidents in which she showed a fair deal of leadership and empathy.



Election coming soon in NZ and her party are behind in the polls so a change of party leader might be a smart move in the bigger game of who runs NZ next.
 

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Seems to have done well in good times with the odd hiccup, kinda fell apart like all other leaders during COVID.

Be interesting to see which leaders survive the current election cycle, now that the impacts of lockdowns are impacting the world economy....
 

vim_fuego

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I got the feeling that her handling of covid was over-blown but she took it anyway. It's an island in the middle of no-where, sparse (in comparison to say the UK) population, not a major travel centre, limited imports (mainly exports of the agricultural nature) so really easy to shut down with limited financial and commercial impact....hardly comparable to us or Europe.
 

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The perfect statist PM - thrived on creating division and state dependency, and stamping out any likelihood of freedom of choice. No wonder the leftists are sobbing.
 
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