Both men U-turn within 24 hours of refusing to resign as colleagues and critics express dismay at club’s continuing lack of diversity
Head of civil service and MI6 chief resign Garrick membershipMembers’ list reveals roll-call of British establishmentGarrick Club remains a bastion of male elitism
The resignations of two of Britain’s most senior Whitehall figures from the men-only Garrick will prompt difficult questions for dozens of other powerful individuals from the UK’s male-dominated establishment who remain members.
Neither the cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, Simon Case, nor the head of MI6, Richard Moore, resigned in a particularly dignified manner.
