BA failed to supply names and leaving dates of people leaving on VR i also think the goverment got involved so as not to create even more problems for Brown.
From the BASSA strike organisers' handbook:
"If a BASSA strike attempt fails - especially after an injunction has been obtained against the union- do all possible to put the blame on the employer's underhand tactics. Libelling the government is also a good way to shift the blame away from the union's organisers and activists silly mistakes. Remember what Abraham Lincoln said about fooling some of the people all of the time; it might just work when all else has failed.