From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 14/02/2024 20:58, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 13 Feb 2024 16:29:25 GMT, Scott Alfter wrote:   
   >   
   >> Probably the worst offender in this regard was Jacinda Ardern   
   >> insisting that the Kiwis only trust her misbegotten regime ...   
   >   
   > She got us through the pandemic, much more successfully than some other   
   > countries (I can mention names, if you like). That took the courage to act   
   > quickly and decisively, which she had.   
      
   NZ was lucky in that it was by and large a self contained and isolated   
   country that only Tolkien Tourists tend to visit.   
      
   They could enforce a national quarantine and survive.   
      
      
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