The revelations of the shameful behaviour of the Central Committee of the SWP won't come as a great surprise to those on the left outside of the SWP. Why is this? Because the SWP have always had something a bit odd about them. The SWP never seem interested in revolution or any of their throw away causes that spring up whenever they seem they might be popular. The SWP's main goal is always to expand the party and create a cushy life for their Central Committee and to hell with anything else. A good example of this is Red Action, a group of committed working class members who became too militant and out of control of the leadership and so were expelled.

The current fiasco, namely a cliquey group of mates covering up a sexual assault in order to seem like a united front and legitimise it in the name of democratic centralism is disgraceful for a party who are meant to be concerned with feminist politics. So what does this mean for the membership?

The SWP gobbles up socialist youths and sucks all the fight out of them, jading them from ever being interested in doing anything worthwhile. There are plenty of good comrades in the SWP, now is the time for you to rip up that membership card and go out into the community, become involved in anti-cuts and genuine working class associations and turn your back on the misogynistic, anti-working class hierarchy of the SWP.