WHERE is the evidence to support CT Riley’s claim that “the left” is quick to condemn anti-Muslim prejudice, but ignores racism against Irish, Jewish, Romany and Slavic races, and that Jeremy Corbyn has “allowed left-wing extremists and their racist views to grow”? (HAS, Aug 11).

All the evidence is to the contrary. A 2017 survey by the respected Institute of Jewish Policy Research found that that a “relatively small group of the general population can justifiably be described as anti-Semitic” and that “the very left-wing are, on the whole, no more anti-Semitic than the general population.”

A recent YouGov survey indicates that anti-Semitic views are more prevalent among Tory voters than Labour voters, and that anti-Semitism has declined in the Labour party since Mr Corbyn became leader.

Inevitably, there are a few anti-Semites within Labour. With over half a million members, it would be miraculous if there were none.

Labour must root them out, and address the genuine concerns of Jewish people; but there is no Labour anti-Semitism crisis.

This is a concoction by the right-wing media, fearful of the prospect of a genuinely socialist government, and by supporters of Israeli government policy, who are alarmed by the possibility of a Prime Minister who is a staunch supporter of Palestinian rights.

There is nothing Mr Corbyn can do or say to stop these attacks. For his enemies inside and outside the Labour Party, nothing short of his resignation will suffice.

Pete Winstanley, Durham