Tensions with Moscow are likely to increase on 2 December when Nato formally offers membership talks to Montenegro.
Their website also calls on supporters to pay £4 a month to contribute toward running costs and offers membership options including 'armed forces' (£8), 'unwaged' (£15), 'standard' (£30) and 'platinum/overseas' (£50).
Unite has started up a community scheme, launched two years ago, that offers membership of the union to those not in work – unemployed people, students and pensioners – and the cost is just 50p a week.
For well-established arts groups in New York, an organization called Materials for the Arts offers membership in a useful warehouse program, but its tax incentives are often not worth the trouble for producers to deliver the leftover goods.
For a one-time £500 ($824) joining fee, the Classic Car Club branch in London offers membership packages for between £2,500 $4,1599) and £5,000 $$8,318), which gets you 15 to 40 days driving anything from an Aston Martin to a Fiat 500 with no mileage restrictions.
Conservatism has now become a country club that offers membership to those who support a handful of policy issues.
