£3.50 per month x 10,000 is £35,000 per MONTH not per ANNUM the total is £420,000 per ANNUM.
Now I know barbies at Bedfont can cost a few bob and Willie Walsh masks for 10,000 cost a pretty penny but £420,000 per year to run a tinpot little outfit like BASSA not forgetting that UNITE take a bigger share of the pie and provide all the legals etc. even a dingbat like you should be able to manage.
Of course it is VC, how naughty of me. I meant to say £35,000pm which is nothing to run a branch of 10000 members. Office rental alone takes up a huge chunk. Please lay off the name calling and bullying VC.