A BAN on an infamous drinking club at Oxford University has descended into farce, after being overturned on a technicality.
Last week members of the Bullingdon Club were banned from holding office in the University's Conservative Association (OUCA), but that motion has now reportedly been scrapped.
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According to the student newspaper Cherwell, a disciplinary meeting found the passing of the motion to be unconstitutional.
The ban was in place for less than a week.
It is thought that non-members of OUCA voted in favour of the ban, meaning a committee voted to overturn the decision.
But OUCA President Ben Etty told Cherwell: “The overturning of the Bullingdon ban on a constitutional technicality is very disappointing, but it is only a minor setback.
"The ban will be re-proposed very soon and I’m confident this time that the much-needed change, supported by the vast majority of the membership, will be made permanent.”
He previously said that the values and activities of the Bullingdon Club - a posh drinking society known for drunken antics and linked to a number of high-flying politicians - have "no place in the modern Conservative Party".
David Cameron, Boris Johnson and George Osborne are past members of the male-only club, which has long been a secretive organisation subject to curiousity in popular culture.
The club was the inspiration behind the 2014 film Riot Club, which focussed on riotous behaviour.
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In addition to the ban being overturned, a motion to change all pronouns in the OUCA constitution from ‘he’ to ‘they’ was also reportedly overturned.
The Oxford Mail has attempted to contact OUCA and its president Mr Etty.
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