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From Comrade to Dame in a New York Minute

From Comrade to Dame in a New York Minute

Being a socialist and a closet republican didn't prevent former PM Ardern from accepting a damehood and making possibly the fastest transition from comrade to dame that anyone has ever achieved.

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Philip Crump
Jun 13, 2023
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They say that a week is a long time in politics and indeed that seems to be truer now than ever. But consider, for a moment, the transformation that our former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made during her fifteen years in New Zealand’s Parliament.

When Ardern was first elected to Parliament in 2008, she was still the President of the International Un…

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