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On the BBC weekly quiz today it comments that the leader of the Conservative Party is not a member of the Carlton Club and instead: "David Cameron ... belongs to White's, another all-male club. Mr Howard and Baroness Thatcher are both full members - until now, the Iron Lady was the only exception to the men-only rule."
However on the main article here it says "The Carlton Club, the elite private members' club for Conservatives, is to allow women to become full members - 176 years after it was founded. Former PM Lady Thatcher had been the sole full female member, having been granted "honorary" membership in 1975. Other women were limited to "associate member" status without voting rights and excluded from some areas. Party leader David Cameron and former leader Iain Duncan Smith had declined membership because of the policy.".
And huh? Why have that policy if he is a member of another all-male club?
Now I can think of various answers; including either report being a mistake, or Cameron feeling that political clubs should be open to all (but not other clubs).
But does anyone know what the answer is?
However on the main article here it says "The Carlton Club, the elite private members' club for Conservatives, is to allow women to become full members - 176 years after it was founded. Former PM Lady Thatcher had been the sole full female member, having been granted "honorary" membership in 1975. Other women were limited to "associate member" status without voting rights and excluded from some areas. Party leader David Cameron and former leader Iain Duncan Smith had declined membership because of the policy.".
And huh? Why have that policy if he is a member of another all-male club?
Now I can think of various answers; including either report being a mistake, or Cameron feeling that political clubs should be open to all (but not other clubs).
But does anyone know what the answer is?
