Just because you’re Labour, doesn’t mean it’s alright Jared

The Women and Equalities Select Committee is a member down today after one of its male intake was forced to resign on Monday over his formerly misogynistic behaviour. However, to the surprise of some feminists, it’s not Philip Davies, the man many have spent the past year calling a misogynist, but Labour’s Jared O’Mara.

The MP for Sheffield Hallam’s equality credentials have been cast into doubt after Guido uncovered a series of online messages from him dating back ten years or so. They include calling gay people ‘fudge packers’ and ‘poofters’, asking Girls Aloud for an orgy (on the condition the blonde member wasn’t in the picture), and claiming fat women don’t deserve respect. There’s a lot more, too, where that came from – with more allegations appearing to emerge with every hour.

After giving an impassioned speech at yesterday’s Parliamentary Labour Party meeting (perhaps his first speech in the House of Commons), O’Mara appears to have the support of his party to continue as a Labour MP.