To GQ‘s Men of the Year awards at the Tate Modern. With Russell Brand not around to make Nazi jokes at the expense of a sponsor this year, Amy Schumer did her best to unsettle the champagne-fuelled crowd. Accepting the ‘woman of the year’ gong, the American comedian said she was relieved an awards ceremony ‘finally celebrated men’.
However it was Sadiq Khan’s ‘politician of the year’ gong that caught Mr S’s attention. Accepting the award, the Mayor of London made sure to mention his predecessor George Osborne — who triumphed in the category just last year. Given that the former Chancellor of the Exchequer has since returned to the backbench, Khan said that he was nervous Osborne’s bad luck would now catch up with him:
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