https://www.sharetrader.co.nz/images...quote_icon.png Originally Posted by ynot https://www.sharetrader.co.nz/images...post-right.png
What does not inspire a lot of confidence is a prime minister that can't cope with 1 heckler in a room, can't front the podium on a bad news day, and when she does appear looks like a jibbering mess.
There would be very few people who would see it that way.
Even the journalists there thought she handled Chafin perfectly, denying him any oxygen for his You Tube rant.
It wasn't a political rally where you might engage with hecklers, it was an exclusive media briefing to update journalists on the evolving situation in Northland.
Whatever the PM's weaknesses, this is not one of them.
She is highly rated ( & acknowledged by the opposition, media etc ) as a great communicator, an articulate speaker, quick on her feet & a master of the one liner as several opposition leaders have found to their chagrin in the debating chamber.