.......thus concluding that if we can't find an acceptable way of guaranteeing that all eligible parties are going to participate we at least preserve the definition of democracy being a majority by making absolutely sure that a majority of the eligible membership vote in favour, rather than a majority of those who choose to participate, before we inadvertently grant a militant minority the relatively unbridled freedom to wreak untold havoc on the rest of our lives.
I believe if this far more stringent requirement was to have been met by BASSA we wouldn't have seen the irresponsible juvenile antics displayed at Bedfont FC, nor the unacceptable bullying behaviour of pickets towards their non-striking members. Indeed, as a true majority had spoken, there would be no need to picket at all and management would have no choice whatsoever but to sit up and listen to mature and reasoned argument for a change.
Last edited by Phil Rigg; 15th Aug 2010 at 15:43.