[ceedee]

Originally Posted by Paul Delaney

Simon "2 Hats" - the guy who doesn't sit on the fence - he has a foot in both camps which he manages to do without rupturing himself...

I'm sorry - I still can't work him out -

Being involved with various trade unions in my career there are only 2 sides yours and the opposition.

You negotiate with the opposition using trade union legislation you don't try and bend that legislation in order to match their agenda.

You'd be first up against the wall come the revolution

Originally Posted by ceedee

Check out Simon's background.
Drop him a PM if you have any doubts about his previous record.
Email him and ask for a chat (but recognise that he's kind of busy right now and probably won't want to discuss the PIA conclusions until they're published).

I'm confident that you'll find it extremely difficult to find a single candidate that you'd rather have conducting the PIA.