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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Amelia Gentleman, Peter Walker and Rowena Mason

UK’s top civil servant and head of MI6 urged to quit Garrick Club

Richard Moore (l), the head of MI6, and Simon Case,
Richard Moore (left), the head of MI6, and Simon Case, the cabinet secretary. Composite: PA/Rex

The UK’s top civil servant and the head of MI6 have been urged to quit the Garrick Club amid criticism that their membership of an organisation that has repeatedly blocked women from joining showed poor leadership and judgment.

Simon Case, who as cabinet secretary is the leader of half a million civil servants, was also condemned for arguing he had only joined the London gentleman’s club in an attempt to overturn its all-male policy.

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