Jared O’Mara: Labour MP under pressure to quit women’s committee over misogynist posts There are calls for the newly-elected Sheffield Labour MP Jared O’Mara to be stripped of his position on the Commons […]

There are calls for the newly-elected Sheffield Labour MP Jared O’Mara to be stripped of his position on the Commons Women and Equalities Committee after it emerged that he made posts on an internet forum inviting members of Girls Aloud for an “orgy” and making disrespectful comments about overweight women.

A string of controversial comments supposedly written by the MP, who replaced Nick Clegg at the General Election, have emerged.

Mr O’Mara is said to have invited the group to have sex with him, said that it would be “quite funny” with jazz star Jamie Cullum was “sodomised to death” and that “fatties” don’t deserve respect.

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Writing on the Drowned in Sound website in a mock advice column in November 2004, when the future MP was in his mid-20s, he posted: “Girls Aloud – I advise you to sack Sarah and the remaining four members (Nicola, Cheryl, Nadine and Kimberley) come and have an orgy with me.”

‘I wish I were a misogynist’

And he also reportedly posted a song with the lyrics: ‘I wish I were a misogynist, I’d put her in her place, I wish I were a misogynist, I’d smash her in her face.’

He also stands accused by online blogger Guido Fawkes, who shared the comments online this morning, of calling a woman an “ugly b****” and in another online rant, is said to have written about “fat” women on an internet message board.

The blog alleges that O’Mara criticised the overweight, calling them “fatties“, claiming they are “deified” in the West and saying they do not “deserve our respect“. He added that Pop Idol’s Michelle McManus “only won because she was fat.”

The full post reads: “She only won because she was fat. Ipso facto…. I also dislike the prevailing western tendency to deify fatties… There is nothing noble or admirable about glutting on loads of fatty foods and making yourself obese and ill.

Fat abuse

“The only fat people out there who deserve our respect are those who are fat not because of a poor diet/lifestyle, but because of a genuine medical condition. As far as I know, Michelle is not amongst that number.”

There have been calls for Mr O’Mara to be kicked off the parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee.

Liberal Democrat peer and former leader of Sheffield Council Paul Scriven said: ‘It seems like a nasty pattern of sexist language and misogyny is developing from the Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam.

‘He clearly isn’t fit to sit on the Women and Equalities Committee. He must stand down from that committee immediately and if he doesn’t, Jeremy Corbyn must take action to remove him.

‘No offence intended’

‘Having spoken to voters in Sheffield Hallam, they are beginning to question what kind of MP he is.’

Mr O’Mara’s comments were made before he became an MP in the summer when he unexpectedly snatched the Sheffield Hallam seat from former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg.

Mr O’Mara has apologised for the remarks, saying: “These comments were posted years ago, with no offence intended. I apologise for any caused.”

This article first appeared on our sister site, the Sheffield Star.