Margaret beckett rory bremner biography

UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett was tricked by comic Rory Bremner when he pretended to be Chancellor Gordon Brown, the comedian has said.

He phoned her on the day of the 2005 general election, when she was environment secretary, and they discussed her Cabinet colleagues.

Rory's comedic antics have been known to be politically controversial - he convinced Labour's Margaret Beckett he was the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Rory's comedic antics have been known to be politically controversial - he convinced Labour's Margaret Beckett he was the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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Born in Edinburgh, Rory Bremner was the second son of Major Donald Stuart Ogilvy Bremner and Ann Simpson.

Margaret Beckett was left looking deeply embarrassed when it was revealed that she was the Cabinet minister who fell victim to a prank by Rory Bremner.

Impressionist Rory Bremner says Margaret Beckett made indiscreet remarks about her colleagues when he rang her pretending to be the chancellor.

She gave frank assessments of some of them, advising "Gordon Brown" on who was performing well.

Mrs Beckett said she had "no recollection" of the conversation.

He described the conversation on BBC Sunday: "When she first took the call she said, 'Well, Gordon, and I wouldn't say this to anybody else...' and we suddenly realised what we were getting into, real stuff here."

If he has done as he suggests, it is both an unprincipled and unpleasant breach of privacy Margaret Beckett Foreign Secretary

She gave the impression that Tony Blair and Mr Brown were "putting together the Cabinet as a duo" after the election victory, Bremner recounted.

When Bremner, as Brown, suggested to her t