MPs ‘encouraged to quit Twitter’

MPs are being encouraged to leave Twitter because of the levels of abuse they are getting, Tory Nadine dorries has claimed.

She said colleagues were being advised to close their accounts by Parliament’s Health and Wellbeing Service, which offers counselling to MPs. The service said any guidance it gave was confidential.

MPs have been warning that the abuse they receive on Twitter is out of control, with female MPs in particular being targeted and threats of violence becoming common.