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Jared O'Mara quits Labour, saying he was 'made to feel like a criminal'
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jul 12, 2018 05:27pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Jul 12, 2018 03:10pm |
| Description | Labour MP Jared O’Mara, who was suspended after abusive messages he had made on social media resurfaced, has resigned from the party.
The Sheffield Hallam MP said in an open letter to his constituents that he had been “made unfairly to feel like a criminal” and felt that Labour had not conducted a fair investigation.
He was reinstated by the party this month, with officials saying he should attend training and be given a formal warning over the string of homophobic and misogynistic comments he had made online in his 20s.
These included inviting members of Girls Aloud to an orgy and saying the musician Jamie Cullum should be “sodomised with his own piano”. He was also accused of shouting abuse at a woman he met on a dating app.
O’Mara apologised for his behaviour when he was readmitted to the party, saying he was “ashamed of the man I was”, and revealing he had attempted suicide three times after the comments resurfaced. |
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