Bowalley Road

Contenders:  The next question after “Will Luxon really go?” is, of course, “Will that work?” The answer to that question lies not so much i...

Unsympathetic Characters: Christopher Luxon should be grateful that his principal opponent, Chris Hipkins, is as out of sympathy with the te...

Flatlining: With no evidence of a genuine policy disruptor at work in Labour ’s  ranks, New Zealand ’s  wealthiest citizens can sleep easy. ...

An Elite Leader Awaiting Rotation? Hipkins’ give-National-nothing-to-aim-at strategy will only succeed if the Coalition becomes as unpopular...

  "It's Alright To Be A Redneck" by Alan Jackson Video courtesy of YouTube This video was posted on the Bowalley Road blogsit...

He’s  Got The Moxie: Only Willie Jackson possesses the credentials to meld together a new Labour message that is, at one and the same momen...

We are the hollow men/We are the stuffed men/Leaning together/ Headpiece filled with Straw. Alas!  –  The Hollow Men , T.S. Eliot 1925 LABOU...

The Bland Leading The Bland: That Labour’s much reduced caucus voted unanimously to keep “Chippie” on as leader says it all. Because, if the...

Beltway Boy: Chris Hipkins is a Wellingtonian: important because it not only explains his extraordinary tone-deafness as a politician, but ...

Missing The Point: It’s the element of punishment – the mood of ‘anyone but Labour’ – that Labour stubbornly refuses to accept. It certainl...

Don't Panic! Chris Bishop’s scaremongering may elicit nothing but voter scorn, being seen as evidence of a party in full panic-mode. Pr...

Not Labour: If you’re out to punish the government you once loved, then the last thing you need is to be shown evidence that the opposition...