Mike Hosking Breakfast

I am led to believe that today marks the fifth anniversary of Jacinda Ardern  and her arrival as head of the Labour Party. Andrew Little imploded. But, to his credit, he admitted he wasn’t the man and quit. In came this new young leader whose job was to resurrect the Labour fortunes which were at the time sitting at about 24 percent in the polls. Resurrect them she did. On election night they ended up with about 37 percent. I distinctly remember it. I was hosting the television coverage and I watched as she left her house headed for the big speech. She looked deflated. Yes, it wasn’t 24 percent but it also wasn’t a win. National beat them and fairly easily, but they would need Winston Peters. And so the latest chapter of the New Zealand government had begun. The rest is history but the history is the story of Ardern. And the story on this day marking five years shows us the best days are behind her. Short of her turning out to be a John Howard type figure, which she i