While cases of Moët & Chandon champagne have been photographed making their way to Downing Street in previous years, the new government appears to have developed finer tastes.
Sean Clare, a BBC producer, reports that a delivery of Bollinger champagne – the favoured tipple in of Patsy in the BBC’s Absolutely Fabulous – has arrived at Number Ten Downing Street:
Twelve bottles of Bollinger just delivered to 10 Downing Street. Told it was from "friends up north" pic.twitter.com/dPozToIhv2
A bottle of standard Bollinger retails for around £45 compared to Moët & Chandon which is a bargain at £32.50. However, given that the Bullingdon club has the nickname ‘Bollinger Club’, Mr S suspects it’s only right that former member David Cameron sticks with this brand of bubbly.
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