Amnesty researchers found Abbott received 45% of all abusive tweets sent to female MPs in the six weeks before election day. Black and Asian female MPs received 35% more abusive tweets than their white colleagues, even when Abbott was excluded from the total, the research found. During the six months the tweets were monitored, Abbott received more abuse than all female MPs from the Conservative and Scottish National parties combined. I’m abused as a female politician and I’m abused as a black politician.”Other MPs who received a high volume of abuse include Abbott’s shadow cabinet colleagues Emily Thornberry and Angela Rayner. Asian women received the most abuse per MP, despite making up just under 9% of female MPs in Westminster, with an average of 132 abusive tweets per MP, 30% higher than white women.

Source: The Guardian September 05, 2017 13:41 UTC