Tony Woodley's position must be somewhat precarious at the moment. He shook hands on an agreement with WW but this was rejected, without a ballot, by BASSA and CC89. So he appears to be out of touch with the wishes, hopes and aspirations of his own shop stewards - quite what the membership think, no one knows as they were not consulted. He failed to deliver the agreement he shook hands with WW, and he failed his own membership by shaking hands with WW on an untenable agreement. Does he have the faith in any one in this dispute?
Perhaps Len McCluskey will at least have the support of the shop stewards. Certainly WW would be behaving reasonably in refusing to deal with him as he cannot deliver on his promises. By playing the moderate TW is now representing no-one.