Nothing says “I don’t have to run the country/state/party any more and I’ll grow a beard if I goddamn want to” like, well, growing a beard.has been giving hairy-face a nudge – to mixed reviews, you’d have to say – as he plies his new trade as Australian ambassador to the US.has unveiled his take on the trend and, in fairness to the artist formerly known as Chairman Dan, we’ve seen worse.
Strangely, the push to drag the club into something resembling the modern world and admit female members does not appear to be an issue in the upcoming poll, with Lethlean – who has been labelled by the club’s conservative “young fogies” as a supporter of women’s membership – on the record as being happy to park that debate, for the present, while he deals with other issues.
We asked the club if it had a comment for us on Wednesday and the lady, ironically enough, who answered the phone there politely sent us about our business. Neither Lethlean nor Henry could be contacted for comment.