Police forces should stop investigating people who say stupid things on social media, a rising star Labour MP has said.

Jonathan Hinder, a former police inspector and now MP for Pendle and Clitheroe, said it was time for more guidance to police on whether to investigate foolish comments on social media.

It comes amid concern over the jailing of Lucy Connolly for intemperate remarks on Twitter in the wake of last year's riots following the Southport murders of three young girls.

Hinder - a member of the 'blue Labour' group of MPs - said: "We've got to be clear about where we think people are acting in a way that we don't like, and where that goes into what we want to be a police matter."

At the moment the threshold has probably been set a little bit too low. And we're asking police to get involved with people who are being a bit of an a***, but probably don't need the police knocking."

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