I don’t generally read political memoirs. In the 18 years I’ve been posting reviews here, I can only think of a handful of politicians whose books I’ve featured. But I’ve got time for Jacinda Ardern, former prime minister of New Zealand and a politician who was different in many ways. Chief among those is that she didn’t harbour any great ambition for power, and didn’t consider herself politician material – too sensitive, too thin-skinned. Still, she ended up holding the highest office in th...
Published on September 15, 2025 05:01