ALL PROSPECT COLUMNIST ILLUSTRATIONS BY NICK TAYLOR
After New Zealand’s outgoing prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, was asked a tricky question by a political opponent, David Seymour, in parliamentary question time last December, she was caught on hot mic muttering under her breath: “He’s such an arrogant prick”. The insult went viral. Not everyone will experience a moment when a microphone is on and a remark that was intended to be private is broadcast to thousands, but we all felt for her. She made the best of the situation by teaming up with the prick himself and auctioning off a signed copy of the transcript, raising $100,000 for a prostate cancer charity. The auction was called: “Ardern, Seymour join forces for pricks everywhere”.