A quote from the letter in the second link in Special Patrol Group's post above:
This exercise was conducted for this ballot between the dates of February 8th, 2011 and February 18th, 2011. The information set out in this notice is as accurate as is reasonably practicable in the light of the information in the possession of the union at the date this notice is given.
Do Unite seriously believe that in 10 days they have managed to tidy up their membership registers with respect to BASSA? They're havin' a laugh! They have had at least 2 ballots become the subject of extremely expensive litigation, based on poor record keeping, and they would have us all believe that everything is now sorted? This is more like an
attempt to apparently place themselves on the right side of the law.
It takes Unite longer than 10 days to get ballot papers back, and ballot papers only require a cross in a box - how on earth can they have had proper "
responses to letters written to all members asking them to check their details and to notify the union of any changes" in 10 days! Let's see how many non-members
still get ballot papers for the next (pointless) vote. What a laugh!