Beckett fooled by Bremner - could impressionists be used by intelligence?
Lottie:
February 25th, 2007
Rory Bremner has admitted that he once phoned Margaret Beckett and, fooling her into thinking he was Gordon Brown, managed to extract detailed party secrets from her.
Although this is rather a serious moral issue, it’s also surprising that Bremner and his fellow impressionists haven’t yet been snapped up by intelligence services. Imagine the stuff you could find out about any political leader just by being able to impersonate their PA or spouse.
Most of us are safe from this kind of trickery because it’s likely our friends and enemies can only manage a squeaky voice or bad Irish accent to disguise themselves on the phone, but if you’re a mate of Bremners; be careful…