Will time gift a softer lens from which to judge our 40th Prime Minister’s place in history? All Prime Ministers are subject to events and the way things unfold, but some are more able to decide how things proceed. “And I think she’ll be given credit for managing extraordinarily difficult circumstances… in time, she’ll be viewed as pretty much a successful Prime Minister. “[Ardern’s legacy] depends on, after the next election, how much of the broader Government policy reforms are revised or removed.”But there’s no doubt she’ll be remembered, Curtin says. The way she managed [those crises] probably will mean she’ll be more fondly remembered […] than she is now.”ChillKyle MacDonald already is.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 21, 2023 23:26 UTC