Edited sentence: In dining, the Club's modus operandi has often been to book a private dining room - if necessary under an assumed name - in order to maintain procedural discretion and to avoid unwanted attention.The clandestine nature of these meetings, and the reticence of its members, means that little is known about the club and this in turn fuels wild rumours about occult ritual, illegal activity and, vote-rigging, are of which all untrue