Borat storms UK power chart

Spoof Kazakh TV star Borat Sagdiyev has made it into a list of the most powerful men in Britain.Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's character is ranked 19th in GQ magazine's annual top 100 - putting him just one place behind Prince William and two behind Tory leader David Cameron."Not since John Lennon has an English entertainer had such an effect on the world," GQ said of Baron Cohen, whose film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan has been a box office smash.For the second year running, Chancellor Gordon Brown is top with Prime Minister Tony Blair second. GQ said: "Brown is all but chief executive of a government where Blair is largely a figurehead."Bank of England governor Mervyn King is third, followed by Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, BBC director-general Mark Thompson and Top Shop boss Sir Philip Green.Top sporting figure in the list is Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. But he has slipped from 12th place to 16th as cracks begin to show in his relationship with manager Jose Mourinho, who himself has fallen from 73rd to 98th.The highest ranked Premiership manager is Sir Alex Ferguson at number 83. England captain and Chelsea star John Terry is 32nd and the only footballer to get a mention - there is no place in the top 100 for the man he replaced, David Beckham.© Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.

ITN | January 29, 2007

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