Construction industry gossip: Class distinctions

By Hansom2019-02-01T06:00:00

Sellar swaps south-east London for upmarket Fitzrovia and a contact rejects a pricey pastime (well, not entirely …)

Expensive hobby

One of my hacks was out with a City type recently and talk turned to shooting. It turns out he doesn’t shoot grouse because of the prohibitive £100-a-bird cost. A party of 10 can rack up a £40,000 bill for a day’s shooting on the country’s grouse moors, he said. He told my man he sticks to cheaper game instead, such as pheasant. “And how much,” inquired my hack, with an unfortunate slip of the tongue, “does it cost to shoot a peasant?”

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