Beckett Red-Faced As Bremner Turns Brown

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

The Foreign Secretary was telephoned by the television impressionist who, pretending to be Gordon Brown, tricked her into a four-and-half-minute conversation in which she spoke in frank terms about her Cabinet colleagues.

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Beckett Red-Faced As Bremner Turns Brown

Mrs Beckett, who at the time of the 2005 conversation was envir...

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