“The article is from the Weekly Worker, and so is completely unreliable on questions of that nature. And indeed on questions of any nature.”
The author of the article is (i presume) a still current member of the SP. That isn’t something to be merely side-stepped by dint of it’s publication in the Weekly Worker (yes, admittedly the gossip rag of the left).
Interesting to note you don’t deal with the substantive points raised in the article in relation to party democracy, general approach and programme of the SP – instead focusing on the minor issue of party membership…