Newspapers and TV are fond of depicting the working class as dissolute spend-thrift boozers with stories of bottle-strewn street battles in city centres, but a worker's night out is nothing compared to the antics of the owning class. 'How much can two Russian millionaires spend during a three-hour drinking spree in a Mayfair bar? The answer, according to one recent frenzy of bibulous willy-waving was £130,000, a figure that included 96 bottles of Dom Perignon, 30 magnums of Cristal, two magnums of Belvedere and, rather mundanely, several dozen cans of Red Bull.' (Sunday Times, 11 May) A £130,000 bar bill? Now that is a night out! RD
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