He wants a pub because he wants them to become The Bamfords mark 2.
Exactly this. Some people run pubs and live in them, living off the profits (which isn’t much in the grand scheme of things), the wife will be head waitress and barmaid, husband the main cook and local teenagers working as waitresses for minimum wage.
Then there’s the people who own pubs (rather than run them) for the statement and label of it. People like Carol Bamford who’s ego needs to be constantly fed. She’s a hypocrite of a woman, preaching organic this, green that, windmills etc but flies 180 people to India on private jets for a birthday party
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. It’s an open secret the Bamfords fiddle tax and were name dropped in an offshore tax evasion scandal. She hasn’t opened a pub for the fun of running it or for profit, she’s opened pubs as the bigger her portfolio is, the bigger her satisfaction is when it comes to her reputation and power.
Charlie thinks Strawtop cottage is booked because of Josie’s viewers so thinks a pub will be constantly full of Josie’s viewers too. Most holiday cottages are always full, especially in nice areas. A pub is a completely different ball game. Josie’s success goes to his head for sure.
Do you guys think Charlie has any idea how disliked he is? Even Josie’s die hard fans often comment that Charlie is too much. Is aware at all that the general opinion is that he’s a mansplainer?