Bowalley Road

Ruminations of an Old New Zealander

Saturday, 30 September 2023

Losing The Left.

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Descending Into The Dark: The ideological cadres currently controlling both Labour and the Greens are forcing “justice”, “participation” an...
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The New “Emperor’s New Clothes”.

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“‘BUT HE HASN’T GOT ANYTHING ON ,’ a little boy said ….. ‘But he hasn’t got anything on!’ the whole town cried out at last.” On this optimis...
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Friday, 29 September 2023

The Greater Of Two Evils.

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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...
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Thursday, 21 September 2023

Failing To Hold Back The Flood: The Edgy Politics of the Twenty-First Century.

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Coming Over The Top: Rory Stewart's memoir, Politics On The Edge , lays bare the dangerous inadequacies of the Western World's curre...
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Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Calling The Big Dog’s Bluff.

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Can This Be Possible? For nearly thirty years the pundits have been telling the minor parties that they must be good little puppies and let...
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Tuesday, 19 September 2023

Delirious Hatred: The Dystopic Tendencies of Twenty-First Century Progressivism.

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Fighting Mad: That which Twenty-First Century progressives most feared, Twenty-First Century progressivism has become. No one old enough to...
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Saturday, 16 September 2023

Act’s Message: Cheerfully Libertarian? Or, Radically Right-Wing?

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Mr Pushmepullyou: Pushed by the need for votes, Act's leader, David Seymour, like Richard Prebble before him, has reached out to the da...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter has spent most of his adult life either engaging in or writing about politics. He was the founding editor of The New Zealand Political Review (1992-2005) and in 2007 authored No Left Turn, a political history of New Zealand. Living in Auckland with his wife and daughter, Chris describes himself as an “Old New Zealander” – i.e. someone who remembers what the country was like before Rogernomics. He has created this blog as an archive for his published work and an outlet for his more elegiac musings. It takes its name from Bowalley Road, which runs past the North Otago farm where he spent the first nine years of his life. Enjoy.
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