MixedThe Times (UK)The former prime minister of New Zealand boasts about her ethos of compassion, but ignores the failure of her policies ... You won’t learn anything about the country’s politics during those years that 30 minutes on Google couldn’t teach you. But you will learn what it’s like inside the mind of this famously kind politician ... That is a valuable lesson ... I get the idea. Ardern’s childhood explains the paragon of kindness that she became ... But the idea is fatuous. I doubt a statistical study of the small-town Mormon children of policemen would show them to be notably kinder than other people ... My problem with Ardern’s boasting isn’t insincerity. It’s that kindness isn’t enough. But that’s all she has to offer.
