I am proud of Edinburgh's status as a financial centre, but where is it on the index of global financial centres? Sixty-fourth. Below Hamilton, Casablanca and Mauritius. London, by contrast, is second only to New York. That's a link worth… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
People may say that what I do is very clever, but it's not really at all. It's not Swift. — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
Now I'm instantly nervous about the demands of doing a weekly column. — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
Or the Department of Education and another ministry were worried about duplication of effort, so what did they do? They set up two committees… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature. — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
It's harder to take politics seriously, to understand the issues, than it is to drown it all in a sea of scorn. And while the world cries out for greater analysis and insight, we are distracted by bread and circuses, aka the 'Great British Bake-Off' and 'Tumble.' We should rediscover our tradition of satire. Of speaking truth unto power. — Rory Bremner Copy Share
When George Bush finally leaves the White House, the satire industry will briefly join the rest of the economy in recession. It will certainly… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I think I probably tend to make life hard for myself by taking on too many things. I call it plate spinning. — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
When you consider what Tony Blair was saying about liberty, human rights and that sort of thing, it would be terribly revolutionary to sell… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I had an Edinburgh, middle-class childhood and a public school education, — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I'm supposed to be the director of a television company, but I've only ever seen that company as a vehicle for making the kind… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
I love the 6 Nations rugby. I feel very Scottish then. I feel very Scottish now, sitting in the middle of Chelsea. But thats… — Rory Bremner Copy Share Image
