Do hope DH's brief is not operating on a no-win , no-fee basis. Oddly enough I'm actually beginning to feel sorry for the guy. It is one thing to lose the plot, we all can fall into that trap, but to do so in such a public manner is quite tragic. A combination of extreme paranoia and over-weaning sense of self importance is dangerous.
As far as trying to rope in the other Unite members goes, I think this might be a neat move on the part of Tony Woodley to demonstrate to BASSA that they have zero support from their colleagues in other parts of the airline. Can't see many of the reps backing BASSA. He has to put the question as it is probably the only way he could go for a strike ballot that would stop the airline.