WELL said Maurice Vassie (Letters, September 5). Whatever you may think of Jeremy Corbyn’s politics, he has spent his whole life campaigning for justice and peace, and he is not anti-Semitic and is anti-racist. It is well documented that he spent much of the 1970s and 1980s campaigning against the apartheid regime of South Africa.

Compare that to the hypocrisy of Theresa May’s recent photo opportunity when she visited Nelson Mandela’s prison cell.

She has since admitted that, though being politically active in the 1970s and 1980s, she did nothing to oppose apartheid. Maybe Corbyn’s “problem” is that he is a man of principle, unlike many of today’s politicians.

Helen Webster,

Main Street,

Fulford, York

I see right through this Labour-bashing

Methinks the anti-semitism in Labour is being overplayed.

The real Labour party (not Blair’s) has traditionally supported the Palestinians, particularly in the 60s and 70s, in their fights against illegal settlements, water theft, blockades etc.

This is overshadowing Labour’s programme (no doubt what was intended) - a programme which is well worth voting for on a couple of issues alone.

Labour have pledged to stop this wretched fracking and to put an end to the ridiculous railway franchise system.

No wonder their opponents are doing their best to blacken Labour’s name.

Regardless of any problems, Labour has my vote on those two issues alone.

Brian Ledger,

Horseman Close,

Copmanthorpe, York