FROM JUNE 2015'S RECRUITER MAGAZINE

David Cameron and former Labour leader Ed Miliband were given both barrels by impressionist Rory Bremner, the host of this year’s Recruiter Awards for Excellence, in association with Anderson Group.

On the biggest night of the year for the recruitment industry and on the eve of the election, the soon to be two-term Prime Minister Cameron was lampooned by Bremner for living in a bubble. Impersonating the PM, Bremner said: “I don’t I think I’ve met one person over the past five weeks who isn’t an absolutely nailed-on Conservative. Is that a coincidence?” Bremner quipped. “I don’t think it is. Am I living in some sort of a bubble? Are these people living in the same world? People are saying ‘are we going to make the rich richer or the poor poorer?’ I think we can do both.”

But the then opposition leader Miliband was not spared by Bremner either or his commitment to stick to his promises, quite literally. Adopting Miliband’s voice, Bremner said: “I’m not like the other guy. I’m not going to lie to you about this. I think you deserve better. I think the whole country deserves better. You want politicians to stick to their promises, so that’s what I’m going to do. Each one of these pieces of paper sets out one of my policies and I’m going to stick to them. Hell, I am going to stick to them. How am I going to do that? By sticking one to each finger.”

But even the ceremony itself did not escape gentle ribbing from its host with the impressionist poking fun at the number of awards being presented on the night. “We have narrowed it down a bit. We have got 178 awards,” he said. “If you don’t win something tonight you are in the wrong business, let me tell you this. We’re going to see the winners on stage, in daywear, eveningwear and swimwear.

“We are going to go through each of the categories in turn. We’ll announce the winners, then they go back to their seat, then we’ll have some breakfast. Is anyone doing anything before Monday?”