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Originally Posted by Cyberbob

Jacinda Ardern says she won't stay on as Labour leader if she loses election

How can this be seen as a good statement to make days before the election?
She'll stick around, but only if she can be Prime Minister. So she doesn't have confidence in the ability of her party to co-exist with a National led government, or her ability to lead an opposition party? Which one is it?

Or maybe it's that she realises the relationship between the Party & the Leader.
If the country votes and National can govern, then she knows it effectively a vote against her.

It may be a bit different if she wasn't already PM. Collins could easily last till next election to try again.
But Ardern is the incumbent.

I'm sure you will find extremely few examples of an incumbent PM, who loses and sticks around to the next election.