Anniebach If people, on whatever part of the political left, wish to join the party and agree to abide by its rules and do so, I can't see what the issue is. If they are found to be trying to be breaking the rules they can be expelled.
Referring to his book re Militant, Michael Crick wrote:
“This is the story of the Marxist, Trotskyist group whose presence inside the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn tried to defend.”
Crick conceded early on that:
“Corbyn was never anywhere near being a member of Militant. What’s more, his 80s opposition to what he called an anti-Militant “witch-hunt” was widely shared on the Labour left [not least by Tony Benn, for whom you have in the past expressed great admiration and who you described as "a good man" following his death]. In the divided, feuding party of the time, purges and stopping purges were a preoccupation for many factions, as they sought to build useful alliances or weaken those of their enemies."
Crick has said recently about the current situation in Labour:
"Entrism may play a very small role in Jeremy Corbyn popularity, but it’s only a tiny explanation for what’s going on, and a pretty lame excuse for backers of other candidates to explain why their man or woman isn’t winning. And, of course, the various Trots and Greens would like you to believe they made a crucial difference. And journalists love it as a story too.
"Corbynmania is a far, far bigger phenomenon than entrism. Nobody fully understands what’s going on. It’s a fascinating development in public opinion, linked to the rise of the Greens, the SNP and even Ukip. But if you concentrate on entrism, you’re missing the much bigger picture, and a quite extraordinary story."
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