Woodley's quote was for the consumption of the faithful once the proposal had been rejected by BASSA what did he say in private I wonder.
Probably along the lines of:
"Hey Willie, yer having a laugh arent yer mate?" Are you'se taking the p*ss or wha?"
My attempt at conveying a scouse accent in writing.
Who knows what he said - fact is who knows what anyone says behind closed doors?