Eamon Sloan

  Random thoughts following on from Jacinda Ardern’s resignation. Friday 20 Jan 2023 Whatever happened to the cabinet reshuffle? Did some part of a planned reshuffle fall over and become a tipping point situation for Jacinda Ardern? On top of the burnout issue which is totally understandable and believable. For me the part which is not believable is the timing of the resignation. These types of decisions would have a much longer gestation timespan than a matter of weeks. Think in terms of from when parliament rose for the year, 14 Dec until yesterday’s announcement 19 Jan (equates to a mere 5 weeks). That maybe raises questions of who else in government might have known in advance. I backtracked to her December adjournment speech. There were some humorous touches. No real clues about a resignation, maybe just apart from her saying 2023 would be a year of uncertainty and that for 2023 there would be a committed team on that side of the house. She did not say she would be leadi...