Political Roundup: Could Willie Jackson be the populist leader Labour needs?

Political Roundup: Could Willie Jackson be the populist leader Labour needs?

Dr Bryce Edwards is political analyst in residence, director of the Democracy Project , School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington. OPINION...

Bryce Edwards: Could Willie Jackson be the populist leader that Labour need?

Willie Jackson will participate in the prestigious Oxford Union debate on Thursday, following in David Lange's footsteps. Coincidentally, Jackson has also followed Lange’s footsteps by living in his old home in South Auckland. And like Lange, Jackson might be the sort of loud-mouth scrapper who coul