this probably seems like stating the absolutely obvious but here goes:

someone says: & #39;antisemitism in the Labour Party was real *but* was exaggerated by the media - which regularly reported an & #39;existential threat& #39;, Simon Heffer said on LBC Corbyn wanted to & #39;reopen Auschwitz& #39;, etc - and that& #39;s unacceptable, what does this actually mean for Starmer?

what it means, seen logically, is basically this. & #39;I do not think it is exaggerated that the man I served under and campaigned to make Prime Minister was an existential threat to British Jews, was planning pogroms, and that Jews were right to want to flee the country& #39;

ie: there& #39;s no way of squaring this that doesn& #39;t make it clear that this is him lying his fucking head off