Social media ‘part of the problem’ in undermining politician security, says former MP

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The Shadow Health Secretary has criticised a Labour peer for calling candidate Rosie Duffield 'frit or lazy' after she pulled out of local hustings citing safety concerns.

Labour peer Lord Cashman apologised this weekend for calling candidate Rosie Duffield “frit or lazy” after she pulled out of a local hustings citing safety concerns. The candidate for Canterbury is not the only politician to fear for her security, with a number of attacks on MPs across Europe in recent months.

Conservative MP Mike Freer decided to not run for re-election after receiving abuse, including death threats and a suspected arson attack on his constituency office a few months ago. Cathy Newman asked him if he thought social media was to blame.Social media in my view is part of the problem in terms of, there’s been some debate about some of the threats to members of parliament and that’s happening across Europe.

 

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