I spose people will be spouting on about the SA80 A1 faults for ever now, pity really, they should make an effort to keep up to date with there firearms knowledge, all the info is out there.
And as for the SA80 not converting to left hand ejection, well that always seemed sensible in a battle rifle to me, better they all eject the same side I wouldn't want to pick up some south paws rifle in the confusion and have bunch of brass filling up my ear hole! But as I say I'm just a civvie, what do I know.