Jared O'Mara: Who runs an absent MP's office?
Jared O'Mara has been an independent MP since resigning from Labour in 2018
"They could be campaigning for absolutely anything, against anyone's agenda. They could be neo-Nazis. I have literally no idea what is going on in that office." , but until then Mr O'Mara is still the sitting MP and is responsible for his constituents and what goes on in his office.The problem is, something isn't quite right in there, as I find out when I am invited in by Mr O'Mara's chief of staff.. However, two weeks later, Mr Arnold is still in the job, telling me he has"extended his notice period".
"I just don't know what people in Hallam are doing if they've got a really severe problem," she said. I asked him about this video later on; he said it was"for sentimental value" and was a"warts-and-all depiction of his [Jared's] time as an MP", which he would not share on social media without Mr O'Mara's consent.I ask Mr Arnold about who's in charge in the constituency, considering the MP is not around.
The BBC has confirmed this. Mr Arnold also says he is accessing and using Mr O'Mara's parliamentary email account. We were keen to understand who is accountable in dysfunctional offices, when the MP is unwell or otherwise not able to fulfil his or her role.
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