With an "I am allright Jack" apologist for Balpa like Mr Solo spitting his venom at all and sundry here I cant help but feel that this attitude characterises that which so many of us are discontent about.
My post was essentialy about resources (or lack of) and the prioritisation for their use.......not the politics of envy.
Yes it was a mistake to mention Ms Starmer because of the hysteria the mere mention invokes in some.........At the risk of repeating myself I gave the " Million pound plus pension potter campaign" and Ms S's case (BTW.........how much of that £250 000 went into her case?......at least£100 000 I bet) as examples of where Balpa had deployed scarce resources without regard to the needs of grass roots trade union issues (which I dare to suggest should be any trade union's priority)
These were indeed doubtless both worthy causes...but had no relevance to the majority of us members and were a waste of scarce resources......especially when the result is that Balpa cannot support a member who has lost his job.
I await your nasty and personal response Mr Solo.