Doh! I've just got it. The FIA produce an unworkable and ridiculous set of ideas, which the teams will of course refuse to agree on. If the smaller teams do out-vote the big teams then the big guys will just refuse to take part until it is dropped. Or just decamp to their planned new championship earlier.
Whatever happens, the FIA will say they did their bit and blame the teams. So just remember, when F1 disintegrates, splinters or degenerates completely into farce; it wasn't the FIA's fault.
