A poll found 77% of Labour Party members think recent calls of antisemitism in the party are to discredit Jeremy Corbyn and discredit criticisms of Israel.
Correct, but 66% think that antisemitism in the Labour Party is a genuine problem.
“The Times/YouGov poll on March 30 found that 77% of Labour Party members think that these calls of anti-Semitism are actually to discredit Jeremy Corbyn and discredit criticisms of Israel.”
Kate Andrews, 12 April 2018
A YouGov poll of Labour Party members late last month found that 77% of respondents agreed reports of antisemitism had been “exaggerated” or “hyped up” to undermine the party, Jeremy Corbyn or criticism of Israel.
However this doesn’t mean that 77% also thought the media reports were unfounded. The question posed to Labour Party members was as follows:
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