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Hefty-
What @diable says is fair, but is it really worth risking it? Maybe if you were looking at a £300 recovery bill, but the AA will do it for nothing more than a bit of time and hassle.
How much of a tit will you feel if you crash it because the brakes don't work?
What if you hit someone?
Well it looks like Southern Railways have taken the matter out of my hands - they're on strike tomorrow so I would not be able to get back, therefore I think I'll be calling the AA at lunchtime to come and get it.
Dammit
I have AA cover, I'm going to look under the car and also pop the bonnet and check brake fluid reservoir levels when I get home.
If there's fluid on the floor and/or the fluid is below the minimum then I'll get it recovered, if fluid looks ok/isn't leaking then that says master cylinder failure to me, which (please correct if wrong) will lead to brake performance degradation but not catastrophic failure.