openly support the arms plan is because they do not "trust" the National Government to carry out this line in a sincere manner. If the interests of British Capitalism demanded a temporary alliance with France or the Soviet Union this opposition would collapse immediately ... [84] In Militant 's view resting on imperialist alliances was a false policy: it was the working class which could prevent war. The paper criticised the SLF, for condemning the right and not the left for this folly. It committed itself to pushing the Federation [85] and applied as a body to join it. Refused, it took up an invitation to its members to participate on an individual basis. As a result it now found itself in difficulties on its right and on its left. It clashed bitterly with the Marxist League and Groves, who believed that the SLF should not be made into a Trotskyist body for this would narrow its appeal. [86] Militant sought to become the official organ of the SLF and the Group took factional steps to bring this to pass. [87] Clashes occurred every month at SLF bureau meetings, without Groves's domination ever being challenged. On 23 September 1937 the SLF. called on Militant to cease publication and rally all forces behind the broad body. [88] "But Militant concluded that the Marxist League had parted from Bolshevik-Leninism [89] and in October disappeared from the SLF. Within the Group there was disquiet at these efforts, notably in the Liverpool Group, led