Rachel Riley today accused Labour of brushing antisemitism under the carpet. The star of Channel 4's Countdown has been abused by party supporters over her Jewish background as she has campaigned against antisemitism. Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Riley said: ‘People think this is some kind of game, attention seeking or politically motivated. It’s not. ‘ 'Labour has been sweeping story after story (and much worse) like this, under the carpet for some time now. ‘If the only way to get action, is by shaming the party on social media, and showing the public the type of racially motivated abuse and rhetoric, levelled at Jews and fighters against bigotry receive every day in its party’s name, what other choice is there?’ The TV host hit out as it was revealed that a Labour activist who was suspended from the party for trolling her was reported to the party over his anti-Semitic tweets last year. Bob James was axed by the party in February after accusing Riley of prostituting her Jewish heritage with her campaign against anti-Semitism. Saying that her campaign was 'poisoning the memory of her ancestors', he also accused Ms Riley of taking '30 pieces of silver' from the Tory Party, and had repeatedly compared Zionists to the Nazis. But a leaked email shows labour chiefs ignored a complaint about Mr James's tweets last year. The presenter of the Channel 4 game show was also told her campaign against anti-Semitism in Jeremy Corbyn's party was 'poisoning the memory of your ancestors' Labour member Bob James (pictured) has now been suspended by the party over the series of offensive tweets aimed at Ms Riley In now deleted tweets, Mr James said: 'Riley has been open about her dislike of Corbyn… You have to hand it to the Tory party for getting her to risk her career for 30 pieces of silver' He then accused her of prostituting her religion and poisoning he memory of her ancestors An email from the Labour complaints team to Mr Philipps shows that no action was taken Mr James was first reported to the party in January 2018 by activist Euan Philipps from the pressure group Labour Against Anti-Semitism. Mr Philipps sent the Labour complaints team a comprehensive dossier of Mr James' offensive tweets, together with details of the part of the country in which he lived and the local party to which he belonged. Mr James had taken to Twitter to compare the state of Israel to the Nazis, posing messages about the 'Zionist Nazi party' and 'very nasty Zionists', the dossier revealed. In 2016, he wrote: 'English national anthem, how about the Nokia tune, not the Zionist Jerusalem'. And the year before Mr James was warned by bookmaker Paddy Power he would be reported to police over a threatening tweet. But in an email reply sent on February 26, 2018, a Labour complaints officer said the party was unable to identify Mr James as a party member and refused to take any further action. The revelations come just days before Labour learns if it will face a full-scale investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Commission into how the party has dealt with anti-Semitic allegations. Party insiders said that there had been a 'sudden surge' in the processing of complaints at Labour HQ following signs earlier this month that the watchdog could intervene. Ms Riley has suffered a torrent of abuse over her campaign. Last week, she was the target of vile taunts from supporters of Mr Corbyn who backed a #BoycottRachelRiley hashtag on Twitter. One of the tweets included in the dossier passed to Labour by Labour Against Anti-Semitism Rachel Riley has emerged as one of Britain's foremost voices combating anti-Semitism Mr Philipps said: 'If Labour had acted last year, Mr James might have got the message that racist abuse was unacceptable and Ms Riley might have been spared his apparently vile trolling. 'Instead, we were told he wasn't a Labour member and he was allowed to continue, even though we had given the party extensive details including the name of his local party in North Wales. 'This is a party organisation that simply isn't fit for purpose, and certainly isn't ready for government.' A labour party source said insufficient information was sent by Mr Philipps last year to identify Mr James as a party member. A spokesman added: 'The Labour Party takes all complaints of antisemitism extremely seriously and we are committed to challenging and campaigning against it in all its forms. All complaints about antisemitism are fully investigated in line with our rules and procedures and any appropriate disciplinary action is taken.' All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility