A former Labour MP has blasted backbencher Gaurav Sharma for publishing a bombshell opinion piece yesterday in the Herald. The op-ed, based around the issue of bullying within parliament, casts its net of allegations wide. Targets named by the Hamilton West MP include: the speaker of the house, Trevor Mallard, the Parliamentary Service, the office of the leader of the opposition, the whips and the prime minister's office. Sharma even implicitly draws Jacinda Ardern into his accusations, writing: 'Politicians especially at top [sic] of our current system and from parties across the political spectrum often talk about ‘changing the system' and ‘kindness'… But as the saying goes ‘charity must start at home'.

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