Churchill, Giuliani and Key.

I am no fan of John Key's politics, to me he leans far too much to the left, however over the last three days we have seen John Key move from being a very competent PM into the rarest of things, a truly great leader..

In time of tragedy we see the real leaders emerge, given the scale of the disaster most men are happy to follow orders, most need to be pointed in the right direction and will get on with doing what is needed, this is how they cope, this is how they deal with enormity of the crisis, they submerge themselves in the task at hand and work through it that way.

But...somebody needs to lead, somebody needs to be the one to make the hard calls, somebody needs to be the one that stays calm and somebody needs to be the one who the others look toward for leadership and direction.

In the last three days John Key has been that man, a man that the entire nation can be proud of and a man that has risen above the petty politics of the some low rent left wing websites and demonstrated the very best of what it means to be born a Kiwi.

I may not agree with his politics but by god I am proud to call him my Prime Minister, to the great names of Churchill and Giuliani we can now add the name of John Key.