I have no particular axe to grind with Chris Darke but I do think the way the union functions needs to be addressed. I pay 1% of my hard earned to BALPA (about £50 a month/£600 per year) and yet the people who do almost all the work on my behalf ie. the CC get nothing for their efforts except a few expenses now and then. I would like to see much more activity from head office that benefits me and my collegues directly. All we seem to get are 6 issues of the Log and a few press statements out of them. Not quite accurate I know but it does make me angry when I see the guys on the CC putting in hours for nothing and New Road swallowing my money.