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Its members included multiple future [[Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom]], including [[David Cameron]] and [[Boris Johnson]].<ref name=theguardian2022-06-16/> When Johnson Prime Minister he was criticized for appointing individuals who had been his friends, in the club, to posts for which they seem unqualified. | Its members included multiple future [[Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom]], including [[David Cameron]] and [[Boris Johnson]].<ref name=theguardian2022-06-16/> When Johnson Prime Minister he was criticized for appointing individuals who had been his friends, in the club, to posts for which they seem unqualified. | ||
Johnson was widely criticized for appointing former Bullingdon Club member [[Ewen Fergusson]] to the [[Committee on Standards in Public Life]] - a committee intended to rout out corrupt activities.<ref name=Mirror2021-08-02/> Ferguson was the 173 choice in a ranking of possible candidates for committee membership.<ref name=independent2021-08-02/> | |||
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Revision as of 23:46, 6 September 2022
The Bullingdon Club is a long-established club for students at the University of Oxford.[1]
Originally founded as a club to support sports, at Oxford, like cricket, by the late 20th century, its members were notorious for vandalism, sexism, drunken rowdiness, and elitism.[1]
Its members included multiple future Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, including David Cameron and Boris Johnson.[1] When Johnson Prime Minister he was criticized for appointing individuals who had been his friends, in the club, to posts for which they seem unqualified. Johnson was widely criticized for appointing former Bullingdon Club member Ewen Fergusson to the Committee on Standards in Public Life - a committee intended to rout out corrupt activities.[2] Ferguson was the 173 choice in a ranking of possible candidates for committee membership.[3]
Alumni include
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harriet Sherwood. Sexism, vandalism and bullying: inside the Boris Johnson-era Bullingdon Club, The Guardian, 2019-07-07. Retrieved on 2022-09-07. “Now new light has been shed on the outrageous antics of the Bullingdon Club – the Oxford University group that may be about to produce its second British prime minister – by someone intimately connected to it during Boris Johnson’s membership.” mirror
- ↑ Rachel Wearmouth. Boris Johnson's Bullingdon club 'chum' selected out of 173 applicants for sleaze watchdog, The Mirror, 2021-08-02. Retrieved on 2022-09-07.
- ↑ Jon Stone. Government passed over 171 candidates to pick Bullingdon Club ‘chum’ of Boris Johnson for sleaze watchdog role, The Independent, 2021-08-02. Retrieved on 2022-09-07. “The longtime friend of the prime minister was appointed to scrutinise him after an advisory panel had “carefully considered all applications”, she said.”