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Toby Manhire had a good observation on the Gone By Lunchtime podcast re: Jacinda's time as PM; he said something like "she's delivered almost nothing that she promised, and has had to do a lot of things that she never expected". Which is a fair call.
One of the things that bugs me is that her abrupt "I'm exhausted, this is too much" departure kinda kicks in the nuts the whole uplifting gender-equality narrative that it's possible for a (relatively) young mother to be a political leader. Jacinda Ardern herself just told the world that it's too hard. Even with all the support in the world, it was too much.
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