Jacinda Ardern to step down as New Zealand PM

recognising when to go before anyone is trying to oust you, as appears to be the case, would be just another example of her smart leadership

I liked her because she drove the incels and conspiracy loons bonkers.

Pure Catnip.

any examples of her “formidable” leadership?

She was a bang average politician from a small country the other side of the world

but because she was a young woman the media feted her.

a strange measure of liking somebody.

but the internet has opened my eyes to strangeness

our media fete her , she is takes up space on our news sites here in ireland (and broader western nations) some of us are curious as a result.

I've seen plenty of her speeches to know what she is about and it's not good.

Don't know what to make of her. The woke brigade give her too many bonus points cos she's a woman and says all the right things about diversity, LGBTQ etc.

The resentful angry white men brigade hate her for the same reason.

So in reality she's probably somewhere in the middle: a slightly above average leader who did some good and made some mistakes.

Anyway, I admire the way she has quit by just saying she's worn out. Far better than leaders whose sense of self importance would never let them do that.

Her speech to the UN was chilling last year!!! Governments should control the flow of info!!! Dangerous woman, like Trudeau in Canada...the leaders we were told to admire and respect turned out to be something quiet different!!

These sociopaths don’t quit having power over other people for no reason there must be something in the post for her

we will wait and see

I didn't say that though - i said the media love her due to wokeness . is authoritarianism that part of being "woke"? maybe it is.

I defo hate wokeness but I also "hate" her ( to use your word) over her treatment of people during covid , her views on controlling people esp people with ideas that don't align to hers. Her glee of approval (if you watch the video) over NZ becoming a 2 tier society for vaxx'd and unvaxx'd showed her true colours - a horrible person

also even as a life long non smoker , I find her cigarette ban controlling and nanny state in the extreme

You liked her because she was hated by some people.

I find this approach to politics odd.