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William.-
Have you ever been to a demo? You might remember the SWP placards were particularly prevalent during the Iraq protests, but their membership numbers were still miniscule. These groups come prepared and hand out the placards to anyone who will take them. This isn't indicative of broaders support or membership numbers.
Prole.
This is an oft repeated statement but clearly has no factual basis. The SWP, Socialist Party and CPGB would probably struggle to muster 5,000 members between them all, and that was before the Martin Smith crisis within the SWP.