Red on red:

Caroline Flint, you quoted me saying re recent elections "we are looking to hang on."I never said this.
Could you now publicly correct this

— John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) May 8, 2016

Lots of people tweet me with their views inc one today wishing me dead. He had manners though he used my Twitter handle to let me know.

— Caroline Flint (@CarolineFlintMP) May 8, 2016

The actual McDonnell quote was “hold on to as much as we possibly can”, rather than “hang“:

Pienaar's Politics 24 April @johnmcdonnellMP said 'hold on to as much as we possibly can'. I said 'hang'. Big deal. https://t.co/AxMP01TEaF

— Caroline Flint (@CarolineFlintMP) May 8, 2016

Couldn’t they do this by text?