Rory Bremner... Who Else?

Rory Bremner 'saved John Major's bacon' amid MPs revolt

Impressionist Rory Bremner "saved John Major's bacon" when he inadvertently thwarted a Tory revolt against him, newly released files show. Documents from the National Archives tell how Bremner impersonated the then-PM when he phoned Eurosceptic Tory MPs in 1993, asking for their support.

Sanchia Berg, BBC, 30th December 2020

Like the late, unlamented Spitting Image, far too many impersonations had no satirical point to make, merely trying to raise laughs by putting sensible people in foolish predicaments but, unlike the latex puppets (whose sketches were at least restricted to 30 seconds maximum), Bremner interminably flogged feeble ideas into the ground.

Victor Lewis-Smith, Evening Standard, 9th October 1995