Kelsey briefing Labour staff on TPP

Less than 5hrs after Kelsey spun @nzlabour MPs on @TPP, @AndrewLittleMP announced to @avancenz they would oppose it pic.twitter.com/XFDpMIRDaq

— Matthew Hooton (@MatthewHootonNZ) January 28, 2016

It shows how left Labour have gone that they have not just abandoned decades of bipartisan support on trade policy, but have so closely aligned with Jane Kelsey (who also opposed all the trade deals they did in Government). They are even arranging special meetings of Labour staff to get briefed by her.

But what is even more interesting is that a Labour staffer or MP leaked the e-mail to Hooton. That shows how deeply divided they are over this shifting of the party to the hard left on this issue.