English v Ardern: Bill takes second round from Jacinda
Once again, Ms Ardern talked a lot about values – but struggled to link them to concrete policies. Mr English talked policies and let the values be implied.
Tue, 05 Sep 2017
Show, don’t tell.
That’s a first line of advice to any aspiring writer.
It perhaps should be one to politicians as well.
And on that “show, don’t tell” rule, I’d give the second leaders’ debate of Election 2017 to National’s Bill English.