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Margaret Hodge is threatening to leave the LP if @jeremycorbyn has the Labour whip restored, but she herself was implicated in a clear example of the very problem JC identified in his initial statement about the media exaggerating the scale of alleged antisemitism in the LP. 1/5
The EHRC Report acknowledges that processes improved after @Jennieformby1 overhauled the system form early 2018. After that Formby gave clear stats about allegations and cases, including 200 cases sent in by Margaret Hodge. Media headlines followed about "200 more cases". 2/5
But many were duplicated. They actually related to 111 individuals (mainly social media comments), almost half the original media headline claim. Formby's new team found out that 91 of those 111 were not LP members, which leaves 20 out of 200 - 1/10th of the headline claim. 3/5
This suggests that there is an issue of ugly social comments by some people purporting to be on the left, but JC's remarks were about the media exaggerating claims against the Labour Party – and were certainly accurate in this example. 4/5
Formby's reports routinely showed that in around half the cases received there was no real evidence to pursue. The other half would be investigated further. A proportion ended in disciplinary action. But Hodge's claims were wildly inaccurate, and the media played along. 5/5
