The Bullingdon Club has claimed to be enjoying a revival in membership, following a desperate bid to recruit members.
In 2006, the 200 year-old drinking society had only four members. In a bid to increase its ranks, it was “forced” to reach out to an ex-state school pupil. The student rejected the invitation.
The club has announced that it now has twenty members.
It is thought that the society’s recovery might be a result of its rebranding as the provisional wing of the Conservative party and its association with former members David Cameron, George Osborne and Boris Johnson.
[…] formed of twelve members, the Bullingdon Club has known periods of unpopularity before. In 2009, Cherwell reported that the club had rebounded to have twenty members, after having only four in […]