I remember Sara Parkin talking to the Independent about 'socialist parasites' i.e. myself and Penny Kemp who had been members nearly as long as her.
Opponents at the time felt that direct action, grassroots networking and other tactics were more likely to provide political benefit than a focus on gaining councillors and then Westminster seats.
Morrissey, for instance, believed: “The Party is itself a coalition between its environmentalist and electoralist right wing and a left which is libertarian and anarchistic.
The strategy was open to criticism for raising hopes unrealistically and not then delivering the necessary changes needed to drive the party forward.
A constitutional review was set in motion which lasted three years which was to finally put a number options to the party conference.