The Dominion Post features no less than five images of Jacinda Ardern this morning. On the front page, pages 7 and 8, and 13 and 14. Perhaps an editorial decision was taken to fill the void left by avoidable women's mags.
This led me to reflect yet again how visible previous leaders would have been in a similar crisis.
I cannot for instance imagine Helen Clark appearing daily to make housekeeping-type announcements.Neither can I envisage John Key being so heavily involved in the minutiae.
Not a big fan of the whole societal love of 'leadership' I do accept that at a certain level good leaders are vital.The best I have experienced are delegaters; people who nurture the abilities around them and who keep their powder dry for the really important stuff.
As someone who will never vote for Labour the PM's 'over-exposure' is my perception and my problem - not hers.
But will it remain that way? The cult of personality is very fickle. The biggest fans can become the greatest detractors. Quite quickly.
Murdoch Mysteries: S02 E11 – Let Us Ask The Maiden
36 minutes ago
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Gareth Morgan says his reaction to Labour’s surge in the polls after Jacinda Ardern took over as leader was to think voters “cannot be this thick”.
“It took wind out of everybody’s sails. When 20 per cent of the population moves in 24 hours on a smiley face. You look at it and you go – ‘Jesus, they cannot be this thick’.”
And, nothing's changed...
But wait...there's more...
As "reported" on Newshub...
From a respected US magazine The Atlantic :
"New Zealand's Prime Minister may be the most effective leader on the planet", an article published on Monday on the magazine's website reads.
or then may be not ...
And then proceeded to quote Helen Clark at length. That issue of The Atlantic has an article (book extract) by H R McMaster, fmr National Security Adviser and Lt Gen, on China. Well worth reading, unlike the Ardern puff piece.
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