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Two leaders - or rather, one leader and one follower

How fascinating - and utterly depressing - to compare Theresa may, our supposed prime minister, with the PM of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern.Ms Ardern reacted to the terrible evens in Christchurch with immediate decisiveness, concern and genuine warmth and compassion - the photo of her hugging a bereaved woman was really moving.  Compare that with May's icecold response in the wake of the Grenfell disaster, not even able to bring herself to meet the people who were affected until much later.And more evidence today: when the cabinet was meeting to discuss what to do next in the Brexit omnishambles (and not even The Thick Of It would have dared to write up recent events), one cabinet member said afterwards that all May did throughout was to sit there "like a nodding dog," and they've still no idea what she plans to do.  Awful, and the alternative (Corbyn) is hardly any better.

Richard Carter ● 2794d1 Comments

One assumes Ms Ardern is driven by a wish to improve citizens' lives and improve her country. Mrs May comes across as someone whose main driver is her own ambition coupled with the desire to promote conservative dogma. Windrush and Grenfell both show a disregard for citizens not in her favoured groups. Corbyn does, I think, believe in what he says and in helping people, his fault is at the other extreme, whereas May changes her mind all the time for reasons of expediency to maintain her position Corbyn finds it difficult to change as the world moves on ...

Michael Ixer ● 2794d