The Government has rightly been ridiculed for exempting grouse shooting and other hunting parties from the current ‘Rule of Six’ relating to the number of people who can gather in or out doors in England as part of COVID-19 restrictions.
The Morning Star (17th September) has revealed that a number of Tory MPs have been recipients of grouse shooting freebies in recent years.
There is a little more to this story of class prejudice.
In September 2015 the London Evening Standard reported that Johnson had been seen travelling southwards on a Newcastle train on 20th September:
It had been reported on social media that Johnson had been seen on a Northumberland grouse moor owned by a couple of Tory donors earlier in the day.
Unfortunatley it appears the weather was too foggy for grouse shooting and Johnson had to settle for some clay pigeon shooting.
It is somewhat amazing that he didnt manage to shoot himself in the foot in the process.
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