Not that Morgan quite belongs - yet - in that bunch of has-been would-bes trying to buy their way to power; and he's at least had the chutzpah to call his party what it is.
If you think that's harsh, consider the grab-bag of populist policies The Opportunities Party is offering: something for every disaffected clique, and all you have to do is swallow Morgan's lopsided economics that would give more to the rich while pretending not to.
Which sounds remarkably familiar. Oh, that's right: National. They know all about tweaking the economic dog: a tax-cut here, and few more billion borrowed there, some lolly-scramble bandaids made to look meaningful, and Bill's your PM.
They're hardly short of opportunists; after all, they just spent three terms being led by one, while Judith "Oravida" Collins and Paula Bennett aka Benefit have certainly made the most of their moments.
Oodles in the back-catalogue too: John Banks, for example; a little pit of opportunism if ever I saw one.
Not to mention their sycophants Dunne and Seymour, whose united one-act parties depend entirely on sucking up to National for every drop they can milk.
And lest it be said I'm one-eyed, nor are the Greens entirely free of this scourge; co-leader Metiria Turei only ran for Mayor of Auckland in order to up her profile for the Greens list en route to Parliament.
The rise of populist opportunism is a world-wide phenomena that is coming to define politics in this early part of the century.
Trump in the US, Erdogan in Turkey, Duterte in the Philippines, and right across Europe: in Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Switzerland right-wing populist parties have taken the reins of government, while populist movements in Britain, Germany, France, Spain, and Greece - the latter two from the left - are jostling for power.
One analysis of the trend shows populism globally at its highest level since the 1930s - and we all know what happened then!
But New Zealand's version is I suggest more about valuing the trough than the taonga; aiming to be taxpayer-funded for life by travelling wherever the wind blows. It's become the Kiwi way.
And when you consider the complete pig's breakfast that is Parliament now it's no wonder nearly half the country doesn't vote - even with an MMP system that theoretically gives everyone someone to vote for.
What we all need to do is stop encouraging the rot by allowing ourselves to be coaxed into supporting these freeloaders, and to work within our political associations to force parties to recognise that principle is paramount.
Opportunist populism can be beaten; it just requires we, the populace, to say no.
■Bruce Bisset is a freelance writer and poet.
