Field to be expelled from Labour

Was leaving Parliament at 545 pm and Duncan Garner next to me got a call from the PM announcing that Taito Phillip Field was being expelled from the Labour Party and would become an Independent.

At long last!! Finally.

So Kiwiblog has the scoop by a few minutes thanks to Vodafone datacards!

More info as it comes to hand. About to fly to AUckland so may not be until late tonight.

Well done to Labour for finally booting him, but absolute shame for taking so long.

UPDATE: Hold back on the congrats for Labour. They are not expelling him for being immoral or unethical. They are not expelling him for exploiting vulnerable constituents. They are not expelling him for slave labour. They’re expelling him because he speculated that he might stand for Mangere even if not the Labour candidate. Nice set of priorities.