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Is Jacinda Ardern really a dictator?

Politics: Spoiler alert - no she isn’t.

Brent Edwards Thu, 26 Aug 2021

Politics always encourages over-simplification and exaggerated language.

So, the day Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Parliament would not be sitting this week, opposition parties went into overdrive.

National Party leader Judith Collins compared it to a one-party dictatorship. “The

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Brent Edwards Thu, 26 Aug 2021
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