I'd have some sympathy with the position Len McCluskey is in if it wasn't the very same "Lenny" trying to broker a peace deal who was behind the calling of the 12 Days of Christmas strikes who also went ahead and called the first strikes even though Tony Woodley and Willie agreed on an extension to allow a deal to be put to the membership.
A cynic might suggest it was convenient for Len to get behind the strikes so he could make a name for himself when campaigning for Gen Sec.
Now this has all come back to haunt him and he has exactly the same problems that Tony Woodley had.