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I referred to Labour: under Milliband there was no accusations of anti-Semitism except when he initially proclaimed himself a Zionist then (in typical Milliband fashion) back-tracked the next day. I find it strange that as soon as Corbyn is at the helm it is then deemed to have a profound and institutionalised problem, and this makes the accusations (against a man who has a track record of solidarity with antiracist causes and links to the Jewish community) seem gratuitous.
I think you would have to look at the dates and numbers of complaints to confirm that assertion. I don't have them but are there numbers of complaints to compare? I'm unaware whether those sorts of figures are published.
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I referred to Labour: under Milliband there was no accusations of anti-Semitism except when he initially proclaimed himself a Zionist then (in typical Milliband fashion) back-tracked the next day. I find it strange that as soon as Corbyn is at the helm it is then deemed to have a profound and institutionalised problem, and this makes the accusations (against a man who has a track record of solidarity with antiracist causes and links to the Jewish community) seem gratuitous.
Undeniably, Labour under Corbyn have botched handling these accusations but then, they seem to have botched everything else too so it's not surprising...