It is the very epitome of the mainstream right. There were several Conservative MPs eating there yesterday and it is still a centre for Conservative intrigue. Cabinet Ministers regularly turn up to be questioned by the members in private meetings. How is that not "mainstream right"?
Really? I had lunch at the Carlton Club yesterday, a club which describes itself as "the oldest, most elite and most important of all Conservative clubs" and is only open to "persons of full age who support the Conservative Party". It was only ten years ago that women were not allowed to be full...