Item 1 of 3 A person walks past the entrance to the Garrick Club, a private member's club in London, Britain, April 4, 2024 REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File PhotoA person walks past the entrance to the Garrick Club, a private member's club in London, Britain, April 4, 2024 REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File PhotoClub vote allows women in after growing outcryEquality group says move not from 'desire' for...
Located in London's West End theatre-land, the private members club has been criticised this year after a leak revealed its roughly 1,300 members to be a who's who of politicians, journalists, judges and actors. Some members had resigned recently over the controversy, including Simon Case, Britain's most senior civil servant, and Richard Moore, head of the MI6 foreign spy service, media said.
The last vote on whether to accept female members was held in 2015, when it was rejected, because at the time a two thirds majority was needed to change a club rule.
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