The obstinate reality is that Jeremy Corbyn, more than almost all prominent UK politicians, has been an ardent opponent of racism, discrimination and social injustice all his life. The so-called Labour antisemitism problem was initiated by a small number of anti-Corbyn MPs on the right of the party, all of them disaffected ex-Blairites. The issue has been pounced on by the Israeli regime and by various pro-Israel lobbies such as Labour Friends Of Israel who dearly don't want to see a pro-Palestinian UK prime minister. Cosily for Netanyahu and co., there are few if any of those in the western world. Any criticism of Bibi from the west is, at most, mild and toothless, and he knows it, and he ruthlessly exploits it. Why, he even brazenly announced major new settlements while Obama was on a state visit to Israel. It seems that they will do anything to stop a supporter of the Palestinians getting into Downing Street. Whenever I go to Prestwich I buy the local Jewish newspapers. It is neither an exaggeration nor antisemitic to say that those papers have a virulent anti-Corbyn obsession, and many of their moans come from inside Israel, quotes, statements and articles from members of the regime or their fellow-travellers. There is almost more than that stuff than there is local news, and even that is often tainted by anti-Labour references. Corbyn's support for BDS gave the regime and its supporters the perfect pretext. Just to remind us that most of those older MPs who now spend their time briefing against Corbyn voted for the Iraq invasion and supported the occupation of Afghanistan and put themselves in bed with Bush. They are the people who helped to foment the growth of Islamic terrorist groups, and that can be traced back historically for decades. That's the kind of people who are whipping up the storm against this man of peace. They are so zealous that they'd rather see the Labour Party destroyed than to stay united and fight from within to settle their differences. In other words, they would rather like the Tories to win the next election and a few more after that. Brilliant, innit.

And if anyone wishes to do the kneejerk and accuse writers of opinion pieces of antisemitism, they'd better be ready to say exactly what was said in the piece to fit the bill. Keith's reaction to the link was predictable, lame, pathetic as ever and completely lacking in substance.