#bessie braddock

[yesterdaysprint]

The Times Recorder, Zanesville, Ohio, June 3, 1942

(If this looks familiar, it’s because it was, paraphrased, said to be an exchange between Winston Churchill and  Bessie Braddock - or Lady Astor, depending who’s telling the story - in 1946.)

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'Winston, you are drunk. What's more, you are disgustingly drunk,' [Bessie Braddock] told him. To which Churchill replied, 'Bessie, my dear, you are ugly. What's more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober, and you shall still be disgustingly ugly.'

Killing Patton (pg 226)

[babyace]

Winston Churchill tops poll of history's best insults

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Winston Churchill’s scathing riposte to MP Bessie Braddock earned him the top…

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[melodyofdiction]

Bessie Braddock: Sir, you are drunk. Churchill: And you, madam, are ugly. But in the morning, I shall be sober.

Winston S. Churchill

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[tschau-blog]

Bessie Braddock: "Winston, you are drunk, and what's more you are disgustingly drunk." Winston Churchill: "Bessie, my dear, you are ugly, and what's more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly."

[thegilly]

MP Bessie Braddock and George Harrison at the Carl Alan Awards, March 24, 1964

[justletusrun]

Bessie Braddock: You, sir, are drunk.

Winston Churchill: In the morning I will be sober, but you will still be ugly.