Subhead:The former NZ PM’s latest UK media tour has reignited criticism that she refuses to accept responsibility for her political collapse.#
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern used her appearance on The Graham Norton Show to again distance herself from any responsibility for the dramatic collapse in her domestic popularity — a decline many in New Zealand attribute to her own heavy-handed, lockdown-driven leadership during the COVID-19 era.
Ardern, who became known to critics as the ‘Lockdown Queen’ for overseeing some of the strictest pandemic measures in the world, appeared on the BBC programme alongside Kate Winslet, Alan Carr, Seth Meyers and Cat Burns to promote her new documentary, Prime Minister.
