actually that's not true, new people were a bit part of britgaf and it was consistently quite fresh, despite bitching by a few who didn't feel like they were included enough (largely because they weren't engaging as much.)
You probably have it against a lot of the "clique" because people decided they didn't like you after roundabout-gate, stealing money from SmokeyDave, fucking over the secret santa by not sending your gift etc etc etc.
I've no idea what Chinner's problem is, but I largely think he's just in it for the lols, which is fine.
edit: actually, as a bit of a follow-up, let's think about attitudes in here.
'Clique' stuff happened and people like Jackben and Chinner had a good old whinge about it
"waah, the thread isn't what I want it to be"
Too bad, make your own thread if you want it so bad.
But actually, we migrated the supposedly cliquey stuff to Whatsapp to ease the tension with those people so they would stop bitching.
Did that help? Fuck no it didn't, because then people just whinged that it got worse in here because the thread was dead. Without the 'clique' posting, there was no atmosphere, and barely any posts.