The UK’s chief civil servant, Simon Case, has resigned his membership from the men-only Garrick Membership, Sky Information understands.
It comes following criticism of his membership of the organisation resulting from its restrictive entry necessities.
Requested about his membership on Tuesday, Mr Case stated: “I’ve to say, my place on this one is obvious, in case you consider profoundly in reform of an establishment, by and huge it’s simpler to do in case you be part of it and make the change from inside slightly than chuck rocks from the surface.
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“And by the best way, maths can also be a part of this.
“Each one one who leaves who’s in favour of fixing this antediluvian place, each one in all us who leaves means these establishments do not change.
“I believe whenever you need reform it’s a must to take part.”
A listing of members of the membership was lately printed by The Guardian newspaper, which included the King, Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden and Sir Richard Moore, the pinnacle of MI6.
The Garrick Membership, London. Pic: PA
Jill Rutter, a former civil servant and now part of the UK in a Altering Europe thinktank, criticised Mr Case’s earlier defence of his membership.
She stated: “Simon Case casts himself as Garrick fifth columnist main a military of militant public servants who’ve simply joined to vary the principles to confess ladies.
“[I] am questioning how impressed his feminine colleagues are by this noble sacrifice.”
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