It's equally likely that the toupee'd twins prefer to keep BASSA out of the loop in view of their previous history of hissy fits and dummy spitting.
That
is highly likely! DH may be subconsciously acknowledging that
BASSA have no part in any of the talks, but that it is
Unite participating.
Nevertheless, TW and DS are a pair of simple buffoons so sod all will be achieved dealing with them.