The Carlton Club has won its battle to survive. What next?

A year-long legal battle reaches its climax, with two directors ousted and allegations of an unlawful coup. How did we get here?

Dear readers — Happy Lancashire Day to everyone who celebrates.

In today’s edition, we return to the Carlton Club, a 111-year-old institution that was served an eviction notice by some of its own members in March. The Mill has reported extensively on the Carlton Club in recent months; documenting the in-fighting between two opposed factions (the so-called old guard and new guard) here and here. Now, there’s a major update. The club’s new guard has dramatically wrestled back control and has promised to start “righting historic wrongs”. But how did we get here? That’s below.

We also dive back into our debate among readers about who Manchester’s property-fuelled growth really benefits, and reveal the results of a survey of 78 businesses around the Christmas Markets. The survey asks whether the businesses believe Manchester City Council spokesperson Pat Karney’s promise that the markets deliver “a much wider economic boost across the whole of the city's retail and leisure sector”. (Short an…