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    The veneration of Saint Jacinda

    Aug 26, 2021 4 minutes
    Nick Cohen

    Jacinda Ardern: Leading with Empathy by Supriya Vani, Carl A. Harte, Oneworld, £20.00

    Jacinda Ardern: The Story Behind an Extraordinary Leader by Michelle Duff, Allen & Unwin, £14.99

    AT FIRST GLANCE, the adoration of Jacinda Arden is preposterous. The prime minister of an isolated, rich and safe country is elevated by Meghan Markle, Stephen Colbert and every other chest-beater in the celebrity-liberal complex into a secular saint.

    She was a rumoured nominee for the Nobel peace prize, even though the most striking feature of her foreign policy has been to back away from recognising China’s crimes against humanity. magazine hailed her as the second greatest thinker of the Covid-era, and chose her as the

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