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Rory Bremner's impersonation inadvertently persuaded Eurosceptic MPs to fall in line at the height of the Maastricht crisis in 1993.
Impressionist Rory Bremner has revealed how a telephone offer to dance with key Tory rebel Sir Richard Body, while pretending to be John Major, was crucial in keeping the prime minister in number 10. The comedian granted the PM a stay of execution after inadvertently persuading Eurosceptic backbenchers to fall in line at the height of the Maastricht crisis in 1993, it emerged in official papers released last night. Files declassified at the National Archives at Kew in London explain how Sir Richard, who died in 2018, was so taken in by the ruse that he pronounced it had 'saved [Major's] ba...
How Rory Bremner's spoof calls as 'frantic John Major' staved off Tory Eurosceptic rebellion Impressionist's portrayal of then Prime Minister in hoax calls to rebellious MPs was so realistic potential rebellion was quashed 30 December 2020 • 12:56pm Comedian Rory Bremner as politician John Major in a sketch from the BBC television impression show 'Rory Bremner' broadcast in 1991 Credit: Don Smith/Radio Times/Getty Images When Rory Bremner telephoned the Conservative Party’s “awkward squad” to impersonate a “frantic” John Major pleading for support, the comedian hoped only that his...