This, ofcourse,isgoingtobe avery different election from that in2020,when thenationwas still afflictedby the trauma of Covid andArdernhadacquiredtheaura ofsaviour. NZ had not been afflictedwithanythinglike Covidsince the Great Flu of 1918.
But iftheArdern government captured the gratitudeof NZersat the height of thepandemic, itseemed to forfeit it justasrapidly.And, as ayearof burgeoning inflation ended,political punditswere predicting theArdern government washeading towards an election with the word “DEFEAT”written in capital letters.
Sniffing thepoliticalbreezeduringthe summerbreak,ArdernandRobertson may thinkotherwise, evenif thepublic pollsindicated supportfor Labourhaddriftedto levels notseen forsome years.
Make Ardern Go Away.
This just in: Ardern is going away.