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Former BBC newsman Jon Sopel FINALLY gets his Garrick wish... just as club is embroiled in sexism row because of male-only membership
EMILY PRESCOTT: I can reveal that former BBC newsman Sopel has just become a member of the storied Covent Garden institution after a lengthy wait.
The news that two senior Establishment figures were pressured into quitting London’s exclusive Garrick Club amid a sexism storm was one of the biggest stories of the last week. Last week top civil servant Simon Case and MI6 boss Sir Richard Moore resigned after their names were published on a leaked list of members. Critics said their involvement in the 193-year-old club made a mockery of their efforts to make their institutions more inclusive, but one member felt it showed a lack of ‘backbone’ to be ‘bullied by the thought police’ into quitting.
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