Ardern to step down February

[Lilith7]

The more I think about Jacinda feeling so bad about how she has been treated that she feels she should step down or is in some way inadequate, the more I find myself seething with anger at the stupidity of the people who have used words to create the illusion that someone else could have done better in the last five years than she did.

They are obviously stupid and have some sort of axe to grind.  Any well-meaning person can see that she was a wonderful person to steer NZ and looking at who we have on offer, ie proto-nazi Luxton et al we are going to be in for some dark days getting increasingly darker as world events add up.  (Global Warming, over-population).  We were all very lucky to have her for the time that we have had as our leader.

This idea that in the end we are all going to get to some sort of earthly heaven if we only get things right is so naive and anyone who has the idea that a variation of economic boom is going to make life so much better needs to wake up.

The situation is that no matter who leads things are probably going to get worse and the best we can hope for is for things to continue as they have with the occasional glitch every now and again which takes us all by surprise, ie Covid.

Whoever our new leader is they won't have the zest and verve coupled with a feeling of joy for life that Jacinda brought to the table.

Just imagine all the serious , earnest, sincere, bitter and twisted old men we have had leading us in the past coming back in another form (Luxton _ Key) to make us take life seriously again as we all strive to work hard everyday to make already rich people even richer through our combined labour (nose to the grindstone).

Dark times for ordinary people are ahead, especially if national gets in.

I'd like to see this country use some common sense, & as far as possible emulate those Nordic countries which have high taxes in order to cover such things as health, education etc. etc. but which whose people invariably come top of the 'happiest people' surveys. But I don't suppose it's likely.

if the right get in, then its likely to be hard times for most, especially if it involves ACT whose idiot leader has already indicated he wants to 'trim benefits'. Which indicates just how out of touch he really is, to think that anyone on a benefit isn't already struggling.

The last thing we need is more of the money men ruling the country; that is what's led us to this point where we have beggars in the streets & homeless people.

But National has already pushed the 'get tough' button in an effort to gain votes, despite the fact that they surely must be well aware that it doesn't work & often does more harm than good. In the past, they've also 'got tough' on beneficiaries - who could forget Ruth Richardson's policies in Jenny Shipley's govt - so their past record towards those who are least able to defend themselves isn't a good one.

I'd also have no objection to Kiri Allan as leader, but due to her gender & sexual orientation, she'd no doubt be the target of an even more vicious group of immature boys attacking her.

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Helen Clark is right to be upset about the news, however she still faced the same attacks if anyone remembers back in 2008, she stood her ground.
Unfortunately for labour, her resignation has sealed the party's fate for this election.

And further to add, NZ is not full of nutters,  but rather a good majority don't like a dictatorship running the country, it was the same back under the last labour govt if anyone remembers.

Don't pretend this govt was a 'dictatorship' that really is ludicrous.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictatorship
"A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, which holds governmental powers with few to no limitations on them. The leader of a dictatorship is called a dictator. Politics in a dictatorship are controlled by the dictator and facilitated through an inner circle of elites that include advisers, generals, and other high-ranking officials. "



The difference is that because she hadn't any children, there were no threats made against them. There have been threats made against the PM's daughter - presumably by immature boys who are deeply mentally disturbed.