I think while Dotcoms new party provides internet based political junkies some excitement the reality is that it probably won't have any more impact that the McGillicuddy Serious Party, which, were it reincarnated now would probably receive the same breathless analysis as the Internet Party - because it appeals to 'disenfranchised yoof'.

Hate to sound old and cynical but young people have always been disinterested in politics whether it was because it was more fun to go to the pub or play World of Warcraft. So what's changed?

Just because 15,000 kids (might) turn up to a free party and click 'like' on Facebook or follow a twitter feed on their smart phones doesn't mean they will actually feel motivated enough to trudge out and vote on the day (if they even bothered to register).

So Dotcom has an axe to grind, Bob Jones's NZ Party ring a bell?

Having an axe to grind and then trying to retrofit a political movement around it isn't just a matter at throwing some money at PR consultants and political 'scientists'. A political movement and a one-man band (think Peter Dunne or Jim Anderton) are two different things and usually one-man parties start from disaffected MP's with an electorate support base.

The contradictions are already so obvious that as soon as the initial fun lets-have-a-free-piss-up party period wears off the yoof will go back to doing what they were doing before the passing distraction of dotcom appeared on the internet.