Jeremy Corbyn’s New Politics has ushered in an era of appalling online bullying

It was meant to be about open debate and discussion, consensus through dialogue. But so far, Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party and the arrival of the so-called New Politics has resulted in division and a lot of abuse and bad feeling. In light of last night’s vote on Syria airstrikes, Twitter and Facebook have been exploding with extraordinary levels of comments and abuse that no one, MPs or otherwise, should be subjected to.

For example, hard-left groups such as Lefty Unity, have been using Twitter to stir up agitation against the MPs they disagree with:

Again here is the list of the 66 Labour MPs who voted to bomb Syria. pic.twitter.com/23Ko7lbWRb

— Left Unity (@LeftUnityParty) December 3, 2015

As well as telling those well-intentioned MPs who voted for the airstrikes they have ‘blood on their hands’:

Pro-war MPs are saying it's "abuse" to tell them they have "blood on their hands". No – that's just a fact.