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Complicating the club's problems still further is the fact that its leader is being challenged for, of all things, not being far right enough. The man who yearns to succeed Guinness is another merchant banker, George Young, 61, a former deputy director of M16, the British Secret Intelligence Service. Where Young says emphatically that "for me, Ulster is as much a part of Britain as Birmingham," Guinness is more open to compromise. And the blacks? Guinness wants voluntary repatriation; Young says they should all be deported forthwith.
Club elections are coming up at the end of this month; both Guinness and Young claim enough support for victory. One thing is certain. Whoever wins will lead a shaken and perhaps changed organization, which even its kinder critics call the "Yesterday Club."