Jared Omara MP ..

[crazyhorse]

Right Honourable is bestowed on members of The Privy Council, not all MPs.

 

What on earth is the Privy Council?

Are they in charge of checking the loo roll in the Ladies and Gents?

[geared]

He should have never stood in the first place, but there we go. Yes, he damn well should resign, both for his past comments and actions and that he seems an utterly useless MP on top of that.

 

Seems to me the people got the MP they deserved.

 

Voted Labour simply to spite the Lib Dems and ended up with a vile moron standing for them.

 

Well done , maybe people will consider their vote abit more next time????

[parkydave]

come on if only people who have been squeaky clean all their lives got these positions , there would be a lot of empty seats in parliament .Its those who abuse their position after they are elected that should be sorted out. Of course past serious comments and actions should be sorted out by local party before candidates are put forward

[Dan_Ashcroft]

So, does hate speech trump a clumsy drunken pat on the knee?

 

Please can someone more politically correct than myself advise on this conundrum?

 

If Fallon can resign over a hand on the knee (or perhaps something worse still in the pipeline)...why not resign for your past, Right Honourable Member of Parliament Jared Omara?

 

There's a difference. Fallon has resigned as a Government Minister, but will stay as an MP. O'Mara has been expelled from the Labour party and is being pressured to resign as an MP

[lazarus]

Seems to me he's just an ordinary bloke, saying things you could hear anywhere on any day. Most of his fellow M.Ps have more to hide.

[crazyhorse]

Seems to me the people got the MP they deserved.

 

Voted Labour simply to spite the Lib Dems and ended up with a vile moron standing for them.

 

Well done , maybe people will consider their vote abit more next time????

 

Based on what?

There is no mechanism for checking the character of prospective candidates, unless you happen to meet them and talk with them or know them personally.

You cast your vote and take the chance.

I think it is fair enough to expect some kind of minimum standard for behaviour in any candidate standing for office (of any party).

If they are found to have lied about their past, they should be sacked and a new election called (regardless of party).

This is no different to myself being sacked from a job if I lied on my CV or harassed someone in the office.

They should be forced to stand only in the area they live in and made to attend a public event before the election, where local people can question them in detail.

They bring democracy into disrepute and are responsible for part of me thinking we should sack the whole lot and install a benign dictator to rule by decree instead...

 

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Seems to me he's just an ordinary bloke, saying things you could hear anywhere on any day. Most of his fellow M.Ps have more to hide.

 

I have never heard those things said in Nether Green...

He is not an ordinary bloke over here...

[Lurgh Mor]

What on earth is the Privy Council?

Are they in charge of checking the loo roll in the Ladies and Gents?

Oh dear. Bit of history for you.

https://www.jcpc.uk/about/history.html

[parkydave]

MPs should be vetted before the are entered as a candidate and like it has been said they should be local and know the area . I agree if they lie or do not tell the all truth and it is found out they should be sacked.

[ENG601PM]

Seems to me he's just an ordinary bloke, saying things you could hear anywhere on any day. Most of his fellow M.Ps have more to hide.

 

You need new friends and fast if you think that Jared O'Mara is ordinary.

[PeteM01]

Does anyone remember this touching exchange on race on Sheffield Forum from 2009:

https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showpost.php?p=4851623&postcount=3