AFTER

he was suspended by the Labour Party in October for racist and homophobic tweets, the MP Jared O’Mara stayed away from Westminster for months. The subject of an internal Labour inquiry, O’Mara finally returned in January and has been voting with Labour ever since. Next month sees the first anniversary of his victory in Sheffield Hallam in the 2017 General Election — yet he’s still not made his maiden speech nor asked a single question in the Commons chamber. I never thought I’d say this, but the MP he ousted — one Nick Clegg, the former Lib Dem leader — was better value for money.