I managed to crash the Vanity Fair Oscars party – but not Boris’s victory do
It was not until I saw Boris making his acceptance speech at City Hall just after midnight that I decided to gatecrash his victory party. I was quite drunk, having just hosted a dinner party, and my wife had long gone to bed.

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