MPs who misuse social media: an update. My list of MPs who block constituents for asking (polite) questions on Twitter and FB now has 135 names. 9 are not Tories. Recently added offenders are:
Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson
Fiona Bruce
Miriam Cates
Ben Everitt @Ben_Everitt
Chris Green @CGreenUK
Lucy Allan @lucyallan
Andrew Jones @AJonesMP
Alexander Stafford @Alex_Stafford
Mark Tami (Lab) @MarkTamiMP

All Tories unless otherwise stated. Those without Twitter handles are either FB offenders or have deleted their accounts.Some use Parler instead
Boris Johnson is a FB offender. He blocked a constituent for politely suggesting he might not make a good PM...
Please let me know if your MP has blocked you for no good reason on social media. #blockedbymymp #digitaldemocracy

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22 Jan
THREAD I've spent a couple of hours trawling Twitter to investigate the practice by (overwhelmingly) Tory MPs who block their constituents on social media. In the past MONTH the following MPs have blocked people who apparently have only asked them difficult questions:
Robbie Moore @RobbieMooreMP
Virginia Crosbie
Bim Afolami @BimAfolami
Steve Brine @BrineMinister @SteveBrineMP
Tobias Ellwood @Tobias_Ellwood
Jacob Young @JacobYoungMP
Robert Largan @robertlargan
Marcus Fysh @MarcusFysh
Cheryl Gillan @CherylGillan
George Freeman @GeorgeFreemanMP
Alicia Kearns @aliciakearns
Kelly Tolhurst @KellyTolhurst
Kieran Mullan @KieranMullanUK
Andrea Leadsom @andrealeadsom
Mel Stride @MelJStride
James Heappey @JSHeappey
Nicholas Soames @NSoames
Christian Wakefield
Ian Levy
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