Becoming unpopular is not devastating for the world

The Herald reports:

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has described the departure of former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern from politics as “devastating for women around the world”.

Oh nonsense. The left always try and make it about them. You don’t hear people say the departure of NZ’s 1st female Prime Minister in 1999 was devastating for women around the world – or of Margaret Thatcher, or Indira Gandhi or Golda Meir etc.

In an interview with the Herald she said women in politics need to develop strong networks to withstand abusive sexism amplified by in an age of social media.

Ardern herself has said multiple times she did not resign because of comments on social media.

She said the environment where Ardern and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin exited politics was hostile to them, and those who direct that abuse should consider the impact it would have if it was aimed at the women in their lives.

I thought Sanna Marin was great. But she left politics because she lost an election. Likewise Ardern left politics because she knew Labour was toast at the next election.