In February, the Labour party announced it had looked in to "673 alleged cases" of anti-Semitism over the period from the previous April - 10 months. Their issues are well documented.

Nationalist parties, particularly the SNP sail very close to the wind at times. The SNP always seek to present themselves and Scots as progressive, friendly, compassionate and regularly contrast that with us south of the border, the English; accountable for all the wrongs of imperial expansion.

A brief google will tell you that all parties have their issues. It's just a reflection of society and I also think it's often blown out of proportion, amplified somehow to make it a bigger and wider problem than it really is.

But let's put this in to the context of Brexit.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ther-europeans

The UK is one of the most positive countries in the EU when it comes to the immigration.

It shouldn't be a surprise. We occasionally see instances of a lone fan hurling abuse at a football player here, but overseas we often see 100s of fans throwing bananas and making monkey chants at our black players.

We need a little perspective on this.

The idea that most Brexiteers are racist, the idea that Brexit is in itself driven by racism, fascism, Nazis... as put forward by the likes of David Lammy, the idea that the Remain camp is devoid of any racists.....

These are all false. They are typical of the over-hype, the echo-chamber news, the retweeting of fake memes.... that takes something that has a semblance of truth and within no time creates something that is so based in "fact" that it cannot be contested.