Labour MPs leaking

Andrea Vance reports:

Just hours before former Justice Minister Kiri Allan quit politics for good, an emotional Labour MP spoke out about her conduct, chiding the party for turning a blind eye. …

During the meeting, a first-term MP was reportedly visibly emotional, telling colleagues: “We can’t pretend that we haven’t known about this for two years.”

The MP told the meeting they had been “bullied and yelled at” by Allan but thought it “was the price to pay to get decent policy through.” They did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday night.

The substance of what the Labour MP said about being bullied by Allan isn’t what I find most interesting, but the fact that at least one Labour MP is leaking to the media details of private conversations with their colleagues.

We’ve seen this before with National, prior to Luxon taking over. It is toxic and corrosive when MPs can’t trust their colleagues not to report what they said privately to the media. The fact it is happening within Labour is a very bad sign for them.