Young Northerners on holiday rarely change their underwear and drink themselves stupid, or that at least is the finding of another of those headline-grabbing surveys that are now such a feature of our lives.

On one level it is tempting to riposte: well, so long as they don't do it while they are at home, at least we won't know about it. This is, of course, a flippant response to a flippant survey. And, while we are about it, we do not wish to see the evidence, thank you very much.

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