The Daily Telegraph

Quit social media for your own good, MPS told

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MPS should quit social media to protect their mental health, the parliament­ary health watchdog has said. The Parliament­ary Health and Wellbeing Service has said that, for politician­s, being active on Twitter is the “equivalent of dipping their private parts in honey and exposing them to angry bees”.

The comments, which were reported in The Spectator, came after the service’s staff expressed concern about the mental health of MPS, who are increasing­ly criticised for their actions on Twitter. For some, this comes in the form of online abuse, while others are barraged by constituen­ts attacking their activity.

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