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A recent opinion piece in the UK Telegraph about the gloss coming off "Dear Leader" (25 July). The world is beginning to wake up to how hated she is at home. Full article behind paywall but here's some extracts from it.
The Rise and Fall of Jacinda Ardern.
Jacinda Ardern oozes self-satisfaction, whether swanning about at Davos or lecturing the world on climate change and the importance of “wellbeing”. At first this young PM became the darling of the progressive world - many admired the feminist credentials, sensitive handling of the Christchurch mosque attack and zero-Covid strategy.
But the carefully constructed façade is wearing thin. No amount of positive global press coverage can disguise the lacklustre economic situation in New Zealand, the growing list of broken promises and mounting unpopularity at home. Ardern is on track to lose the next election, with the latest opinion polls indicating a 10 percentage point drop over the last six months.
The borders will not fully reopen until the end of this month. Until recently, even many citizens were not allowed back into the country, a policy which tore families apart and left Kiwis destitute overseas. In one shocking case, a New Zealand journalist was forced to turn to the Taliban for sanctuary to deliver her baby after struggling to get home. For all that pain, the Covid reckoning has now arrived.
The New Zealand imagined by the international press is about as fictional as Middle Earth. The country is struggling. Lacking the capacity to address the numerous challenges facing her nation, the Ardern gloss has faded. In the end, standing ovations at international conferences will not make up for a loss of confidence at home.
The rise and fall of Jacinda Ardern
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/po....litics/2022/07/25/ri
A recent opinion piece in the UK Telegraph about the gloss coming off "Dear Leader" (25 July). The world is beginning to wake up to how hated she is at home. Full article behind paywall but here's some extracts from it.
The Rise and Fall of Jacinda Ardern.
Jacinda Ardern oozes self-satisfaction, whether swanning about at Davos or lecturing the world on climate change and the importance of “wellbeing”. At first this young PM became the darling of the progressive world - many admired the feminist credentials, sensitive handling of the Christchurch mosque attack and zero-Covid strategy.
But the carefully constructed façade is wearing thin. No amount of positive global press coverage can disguise the lacklustre economic situation in New Zealand, the growing list of broken promises and mounting unpopularity at home. Ardern is on track to lose the next election, with the latest opinion polls indicating a 10 percentage point drop over the last six months.
The borders will not fully reopen until the end of this month. Until recently, even many citizens were not allowed back into the country, a policy which tore families apart and left Kiwis destitute overseas. In one shocking case, a New Zealand journalist was forced to turn to the Taliban for sanctuary to deliver her baby after struggling to get home. For all that pain, the Covid reckoning has now arrived.
The New Zealand imagined by the international press is about as fictional as Middle Earth. The country is struggling. Lacking the capacity to address the numerous challenges facing her nation, the Ardern gloss has faded. In the end, standing ovations at international conferences will not make up for a loss of confidence at home.
The rise and fall of Jacinda Ardern
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/po....litics/2022/07/25/ri