Original sentence: In 1982 a Labour Party commission found Militant in contravention of clause II of its constitution, and declared it ineligible for affiliation to the Labour Party.In 1983 the five members of the 'Editorial Board' of the Militant newspaper were expelled from the Labour Party.In 1986 the journalist Michael Crick argued that the Militant was effectively Britain's fifth biggest party in the early to mid 1980s
Edited sentence: In 1982 the Militant was found ineligible for affiliation to the Labour Party and in 1983 the five members of the 'Editorial Board' of the Militant newspaper were expelled from the Labour Party.It organised as a separate party within the Labour Party, and became effectively Britain's fifth biggest party in the early to mid 1980s