Hague `must resign' - from club

London - Conservative leader Mr William Hague must resign from his London club after it voted again not to admit women as full…

London - Conservative leader Mr William Hague must resign from his London club after it voted again not to admit women as full members, the Minister for Women, Ms Margaret Jay, demanded yesterday.

Mr Hague promised two years ago to quit the Carlton Club, in London's upmarket Mayfair district, if it continued to deny women full membership.

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