Rachel Riley suffers abuse after speaking out about antisemitism within Labour

Rachel Riley has received a barrage of abuse for discussing antisemitism online and responding by saying: "Sometimes I think it’s important to speak up even so. If moderates don’t, all that’s left are the others.”

The Countdown presenter, who has called herself a "non-religious Jew", said on Tuesday “spot the difference between Labour leaders” and compared side-by-side a message from London Mayor Sadiq Khan, wishing the Jewish community happy new year, and a headline showing that Jeremy Corbyn praised as his “very good friend” - someone who wrote pro-Palestine graffiti on the walls of the Warsaw ghetto and called for Israeli MPs to be assassinated.

Ms Riley subsequently tweeted a number of articles on antisemitism in the Labour party, which detailed examples from some of Mr Corbyn’s most vocal supporters.