Second Labour MP says Labour has bullying issues

One News reports:

Another Labour Party MP, who did not wish to be named, said there were bullying issues within the party, as well as Parliament.

They told 1News a conduct commissioner is crucial to getting to the bottom of the concerns raised this week.

So this can’t be simply dismissed as Dr Sharma. Also he posted screenshots from other Labour MPs:

In Monday’s Facebook post, Sharma said that one “MP spent almost three hours in tears talking about how they were treated”.

He claimed he is now “being silenced again as such the bullying continues”.

“I have been driven to this point because even now the party and its leadership refuses to believe that there is a problem.”

He added screenshots to the post. None of the screenshots he posted had names or dates attached and no MPs have come forward with bullying allegations.

He posted a screenshot from a message that said the person wanted to say to another MP “that I’ve caught a cold off the boy and therefore I’m not well and off to get a test”.

“What are the steps for me so I don’t f*** things up. How long do I have to sit this out etc? I want to avoid going in on Wednesday and Thursday.”

Another said, “I fear that I will have serious mental health related issues staying here bro”.

“I feel like I’m being poisoned.”

He added another screenshot that said, “I feel the same. Every day I wake up wondering if I’m going to be in trouble.”

The likely response to all of this will be to expel or suspend Dr Sharma from caucus later this week, in the hope he becomes less newsworthy.