WORLD NEWS AND COMMENTARY - by Jeff Childers

Yesterday, horse-faced lockdown princess Jacinda Ardern suddenly and unexpectedly resigned as Prime Minister of New Zealand. Just a few weeks ago, Ardern told reporters she “had no intention of leaving.” Now, she gave no real explanation, except that, all of a sudden, despite all the potential fun and games that an adventurous WEF conference could offer, Jacinda suddenly announced she just doesn’t have any more “gas in the tank.”

She bowed out.

Maybe it was the Russia sanctions? I heard that’s making gas scarce in some parts of the world. Anyway, you bet I can believe that she’s out of gas. Ardern’s been working overtime for three years maniacally calculating novel ways to torture Kiwis. But still, I dunno. There’s something about the way she announced it.

She just didn’t seem too happy about resigning. Or relieved, or even grimly determined. If I’ve learned anything about women after decades of very close study, and I’m not claiming I have, but to me, Jacinda looks a whole lot like a woman in the grip of some powerful emotion, and not a good one
Yesterday, the Guardian ran a story simply headlined, “Jacinda Ardern Resigns as Prime Minister of New Zealand.” Curiously, the article spent several paragraphs glowingly recounting Ardern’s skillful early handling of a terrorist incident, but completely omitted any reference to her action-packed, three-year pandemic reign of terror, which will surely define her professional career.

It’s like glowingly describing Hitler’s fascinating painting hobby without mentioning World War II.

For some reason, the Guardian is doing everything it can to prop up the widely-despised and now disgraced Ardern. It offered a scrolling list of articles, all penned in one day, generously fawned over the failed leader without the slightest hint of criticism, and displayed zero political curiosity.

In fact, the political analysis swirling around Ardern’s bugout described the chaos inside her Labour party, which now faces a complicated process to select a replacement. All of which suggests the decision happened very quickly, without any planning, or you’d think they’d have lined up her replacement already.

The second headline above says Ardern “knew her time was up.” I wonder who told her?

Buh-bye.