Why brilliant Jack is the host with the most jokes

Please can Jack Whitehall be our official UK entry for all awards ceremonies from now on?

after two years of hosting the Brits, the posh comedian has shown he has the irreverence and the jokes to pull off this most difficult of gigs. Of course, anything would be better than Joanna lumley or stephen Fry hosing down the luvvies with gush oil.

Here are three of Jack’s best jokes:

ReFeRRing to pop group little Mix, he said: ‘Their old boss simon Cowell will be asking his surgeon to put a brave face on him if they win tonight . . .’

inTROdUCing the best group category: ‘ it’s been a year of reunions. First the spice girls, then Bros, and then Westlife announced they were back in the studio. suddenly, a hard border with ireland doesn’t sound so bad.’

and after global mega-seller ed sheeran accepted an award, Whitehall quipped: ‘ give that man a knighthood, preferably sir Philip green’s.’

Hard to think of anyone else who would dare to be so funny.