Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Why New Zealand rejected populist ideas other nations have embraced
Labour’s historic win delivered Ardern a second term while voters punished politicians who embraced populism
www.theguardian.com
But the historic victory of Ardern’s centre-left party on polling day – its best result in five decades, winning 64 of parliament’s 120 seats – was not the only measure by which New Zealand bucked global trends in its vote. The public also rejected some political hopefuls’ rallying cries to populism, conspiracy theories and scepticism about Covid-19.
The article makes the point that there is no Murdoch owned press in New Zealand. Unlike the UK and the US where this evil man blights the political landscape. Well done Jacinda, a well deserved victory for a woman who has kept her people safe.