Jared O’Mara, the MP for Sheffield Hallam, has quit the Labour Party a week after his eight-month suspension for homophobic and sexist social media posts made in his twenties as well as accusations he called a constituent an “ugly bitch” was lifted, accusing his former party of treating him “like a criminal”.
In an open letter to his constituents, O’Mara said Labour’s investigation into his conduct had been unfair, and accused the party of making him feel unwelcome. It comes despite Labour choosing to readmit him with mandatory diversity training rather than refer his case to a quasi-judicial investigation by its National Constitutional Committee, which could have resulted in his eventual expulsion.
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