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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on December 30, 2020, 08:45:03 AM

Title: Impressionist Rory Bremner 'saved Sir John Major's bacon' amid MPs revolt
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 30, 2020, 08:45:03 AM

Extraordinary story


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55477424

Title: Re: Impressionist Rory Bremner 'saved Sir John Major's bacon' amid MPs revolt
Post by: Owlswing on December 30, 2020, 12:02:48 PM

Quote from: Nearly Sane on December 30, 2020, 08:45:03 AM

Extraordinary story

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55477424

Just how gullible can our politicians be?

Title: Re: Impressionist Rory Bremner 'saved Sir John Major's bacon' amid MPs revolt
Post by: Gordon on December 30, 2020, 12:46:42 PM

Rory Bremner has since commented.

Quote

I give up. You think you’re being satirical but the reality is even more farcical. I had no idea we’d thwarted a rebellion and saved John Major’s bacon. Honestly, who’d have thought that without a spoof phone call, a group of Eurosceptic backbenchers might have forced the PM to resign and taken us out of the EU. What are the chances of that?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/30/rory-bremner-prank-conservative-tory-party-revolt-john-major