Manter
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Working class men are sexist pests too. This is a man thing, not a class thing.
UK captains of industry have charity night where they sexually assault young female 'hostesses'
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Sex sells I guess unless it's sex with me - I don't think that has a market value.
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Priceless
chilango
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And as you pointed out above, a cultural thing founded in part on notions of privilege
FridgeMagnet
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Brendan O’Neill got in there yesterday with “outrage brigade/it’s sexist to criticise this”.
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Plastic Paddy
It's far safer to stay with the men thing than the class thing here though. Without seeing the guest list it's impossible to say for certain but I'd bet money that half of those tables were bought by traders and brokers and anyone with any experience of either will tell you that they are absolutely not the preserve of posh boys and far more likely to be occupied by wide boys from Kent and Essex!
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come next january and the men will be doing the same thing at the dorchester under a different name
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I wasn't playing much attention, but there was someone on the news this, I guess from the Charity Commission, saying they would ensure the club is correctly wound-up and all the funds be given to children charities, so it's nuts for them not to take it.
Wilf
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To be fair, one positive to come out of this is that we have the core of a men's 4 x 100 metre relay team for the next Olympics with Walliams, Mendleshon and Zahawi. They left the Dorchester at a fair rate of knots, but the speed with which they sought to distance themselves from the scandal was incredible.
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Plastic Paddy
Especially with the Caring donation as that was for something very specific in the future, so it's extremely unlikely (almost unthinkable) that his 400 grand is going to be distributed elsewhere. He'll just keep it. So it's lost.
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Wilf
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Absolutely. Truly fucking stupid to put their own PR and image before the good they could have done with that money. Mad.
bimble
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Guardian front page has 'presidents club shut down' right next to 'NHS hospitals facing serious shortages of vital equipment'.
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I'm a little surprised that none of the many, many wealthy tax-dodging corporations out there hasn't bought itself some relatively cheap publicity and goodwill by promising to replace the donations - maybe it's because about 99% of them are run by men who have probably been to many similar events themselves.
Wilf
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Yep, that sounds about right. 'Can't you all just put up with a bit of everyday run of the mill rapey-ness if sick kids get to benefit?'.
chilango
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Indeed. Reeks of "well, we'll carry on, but now you won't get anything out of it...so more fool you for causing a fuss" type attitude....
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Plastic Paddy
Sarcasm, clearly, but I think an element of pragmatism is required here. After the dust has settled on this, few people will remember (or care) that the children's high dependency unit donation was facilitated by The Presidents Club. It'll be seen as a donation from Richard Caring who, as with every other public figure who has been named so far, has not been specifically accused of inappropriate behaviour at the event. The reports have gone out of their way to point that out. If there was a suggestion that Caring had been gropey, I'd agree with you, but there isn't. And it's £400,000.
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Lord Camomile
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Yeah, I was wondering that too. It's not like the President's Club is the only way to make a donation. They could just make a donation.
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yeh but if you want to get your hands on a slender hostess *&* make a donation you have to visit the presidents club
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so far
dessiato
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Out of idle curiosity I had a look at the Mail on line to see how it was reporting the story. Most seems to be a rehashing of other reports. The most interesting read was the comments. The general attitude seemed to be "what did the girls expect? And it was their fault anyway because they knew what would happen." Perhaps this attitude too closely mirrors that of the attendees.
I'm not surprised about Botham's involvement. He was regularly involved in those I attended many, many years ago.
I'm not surprised about Botham's involvement. He was regularly involved in those I attended many, many years ago.
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Indeed. If that changes so will my opinion.
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yeh, 'anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter', eh pa
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Many of them do, but if that were sufficient there'd be no need for any charity events ever. Let's face it, a lot of these people make donations at these things to brush-up their egos and give it the Billy Big Bollocks.
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