Jared O’Mara is under investigation by the Labour Party, not as a result of his historical forum posts, which he does not deny, but because of allegations that in March this year he described a constituent in sexist and transphobic terms, which he disputes.
Labour being Labour, a factional dispute has arisen about who, exactly, is to blame for the scandal. Matt-Zarb Cousin, former Corbyn spinner turned leader’s office outrider, blames the party’s structures and the fact that the national executive committee imposed candidates on local parties as a result of the snap election for letting O’Mara drift through. On the other hand, Corbynsceptics point out that O’Mara was the leader’s office’s preferred candidate, and that Jeremy Corbyn himself voted through the NEC’s emergency powers.
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