I have never known of a person who does so little and yet gets so many accolades. Jacinda Ardern, our laziest and most ineffective prime minister of all time has now been given yet another award. She has been named ‘Pacific Person of the Year’… although exactly what she has done for the Pacific to actually deserve this title is not exactly clear.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been named ‘Pacific Person of the Year’ by regional publication Islands Business magazine.
The magazine’s editor Samisoni Pareti said each year his publication attempted to look at the person, people or organisations that had made an impact on the Pacific.
Pareti said Ardern was given the 2019 title because of her work at the Pacific Islands Forum to bring consensus around the issue of climate change.
Ah right. She has been given the award for virtue signalling. She talked a lot about climate change at the Pacific Island forum but as we all know, she has done very little to actually help the islands. Well, I guess we give them a lot of money, but so does Australia. However, it would be a cold day in hell before they would have given that award to Scott Morrison, as he is – in their view – an evil promoter of fossil fuels.
So is China, with whom some of the islands are negotiating significant loans, but hey… what is that to do with anything? Let’s just hammer Australia, shall we?
“It was Prime Minister Ardern’s skills at negotiation, diplomacy and her charisma […] that saved the day for Pacific Island countries, Pacific Island leaders.
Saved the day? How did she ‘save the day’? What exactly has she done to improve the lot of the Pacific Islands? Nothing, of course. It was merely ‘her charisma’. Yes, of course. The forum was a fashion shoot.
Pareti said her handling of the Christchurch terror attacks was also commendable.
Nothing to do with the Pacific Islands though.
“That really drew our attention to Prime Minister Ardern and from then on we started watching how she performed, not only in parliament but in her dealings with crisis and her own electorate and country.”
They have been watching her in parliament, protected by her henchmen, failing to answer any of the questions? That is when she is there. She is usually at some primary school, talking to children who don’t ask any difficult questions. They did well to find her in parliament at all.
PARETI SAID ARDERN HAD BEEN A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN TERMS OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN THE ISLANDS.
“SHE IS A YOUNG PERSON, SHE IS A WOMAN, SHE IS A MOTHER. SHE HAS GOT EVERYTHING THAT I GUESS ONE WOULD WISH UPON A PACIFIC ISLAND LEADER.
Stuff.
So there you have it. She got the award, not for doing anything remarkable, or for improving people’s lives, but because she is young, a woman and a mother. That’s it.
Just like all of her other accolades really. I hear she has been nominated for an Oscar this year too.
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