Six years ago, Jared O’Mara was seen as a breath of fresh air for British politics. Arnold recalled O’Mara’s parents telling him that O’Mara was not just drunk, he was “hammered”. O’Mara almost never went to the constituency office in Sheffield and very rarely went to parliament, the court heard. In his maiden speech, O’Mara, although not a Christian, referenced Jesus. In truth, no one had expected O’Mara to win the seat, least of all O’Mara.
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