"are ugly, but tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be ugly""—or similar words. There is no reliable evidence that any such exchange took place; despite its popularity, commentators are generally sceptical. According to the columnist Simon Hoggart, similar stories involving other figures had been circulating for years; he concluded: ""If it sounds true, if it echoes something we feel about the politician, then it will cling to him or her as if bonded with superglue"". In 1984, Radio City, an independent Liverpool radio station, broadcast a 4-part dramatisation of Jack and Bessie Braddock's lives. Bessie Braddock is"
"local Conservative MP Irvine Patnick. ""The Daily Express"" also carried Patnick's version, under the headline ""Police Accuse Drunken Fans"" which gave Patnick's views, saying he had told Margaret Thatcher, while escorting her on a tour of the ground after the disaster, of the ""mayhem caused by drunks"" and that policemen told him they were ""hampered, harassed, punched and kicked"". The story accompanying ""The Sun"" headlines claimed ""drunken Liverpool fans viciously attacked rescue workers as they tried to revive victims"" and ""police officers, firemen and ambulance crew were punched, kicked and urinated upon"". A quotation, attributed to an unnamed policeman, claimed"
"Cliveden. She was noted for exchanges with Winston Churchill, though these are not well documented. Churchill is supposed to have told Lady Astor that having a woman in Parliament was like having one intrude on him in the bathroom, to which she retorted, ""You're not handsome enough to have such fears."" Lady Astor is also said to have responded to a question from Churchill about what disguise he should wear to a masquerade ball by saying, ""Why don't you come sober, Prime Minister?"" In another recounted exchange, Lady Astor said to Churchill, ""If you were my husband, I'd poison your"
"deal closely and with relish with the vulgar, crude and intemperate speech to which the House of Commons has just listened"", he attacked Bevan with facts and figures and commented that a health debate without Bevan would be like ""Hamlet without the first gravedigger"". Churchill, who had been getting up to leave, stayed to listen and was heard to ask the Chief Whip, Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, who the promising young backbencher was. When summoned to 10 Downing Street on 7 May he claimed to have been half-expecting a reprimand for his refusal to serve a second term as a British representative"
"stood up on a point of order and, after acknowledging that MPs cannot formally accuse each other of being drunk in the House of Commons, accused him of being ""incapable"", a euphemism for drunk. Although the Government benches were furious at the accusation, Clark later admitted in his diaries that the wine-tasting had affected him. To date, he is the only Member of Parliament to have been accused in the House of Commons of being drunk at the dispatch box. In 1986, Clark was promoted to Minister for Trade at the Department of Trade and Industry. It was during this"
"general LCL standards of the time. For instance, he called alcohol ""the devil's urine"", and claimed that ""half the MPs in Parliament are drunk half the time"". He was forced to publicly apologise on the floor of the House for the latter remarks. Jones caused further controversy by releasing a book, entitled ""Andrew Jones M.H.R by Himself"", in which he made further comments on the ""wickedness"" of parliament, as well as a spoken word record. The record, ""Shadow Valley and Iron Triangles"", described by Jones as ""anti-Communist"", by his supporters as ""a reaction against the spate of sick immoral and"
"the Assembly chamber for the majority of the afternoon’s session, but arrived at 5.25pm to vote on a Liberal Democrat motion of no confidence in Health Minister Lesley Griffiths. In 2014, Ramsay was accused of having been drunk during a debate in the Assembly. The Assembly’s Presiding Officer had to launch an investigation after she received a complaint alleging that a Tory AM appeared “drunk” and made “slurred, incoherent and insolent” contributions to a debate on mental health in the Senedd, but he denies being drunk. Ramsay, who also celebrated his birthday that day, had intervened twice during a speech"
"of other politicians. However, she could take only so much. Once, traveling with Lord Moyne and his guests, the party was listening to a BBC broadcast in which the speaker, a vehemently pro-appeasement politician, criticised Winston by name. Vera, Lady Broughton, a guest of Moyne, said ""hear, hear"" at the criticism of Churchill. Clementine waited for her host to offer a conciliatory word but, when none came, she stormed back to her cabin, wrote a note to Moyne, and packed her bags. Lady Broughton came and begged Clementine to stay, but she would accept no apologies for the insult to"
"out to the public during the last few days"". Responding to a comment by Labour MP Manny Shinwell, he said of him that ""he skulks in the corner""; that provoked uproar and repeated interventions, Churchill complaining, ""All day long we have had abuse, and now honourable Members opposite will not even listen"". Having defended the conduct of the naval operations in the Norwegian campaign at length, he said little to rebut the wider-ranging criticisms except that the debate should not have become one of confidence at such short notice. Indeed, elements of his reply echoed points made by anti-government speakers:"
"to parliament. This includes alcohol, which is otherwise banned under parliamentary rules. Previous chancellors have opted for whisky (Kenneth Clarke), gin and tonic (Geoffrey Howe), brandy and water (Benjamin Disraeli and John Major), spritzer (Nigel Lawson) and sherry and beaten egg (William Gladstone). The recent chancellors, George Osborne, Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown, opted for water. In fact Darling drank what was named ""Standard Water"" in reference to, and support of, the London ""Evening Standard"" newspaper's campaign to have plain tap water available in restaurants at no charge to customers. The chancellor has a robe of office, similar to that"
"of the National Front while David Black stood as 'Christian Patriotic Alliance Save Britain Campaign' and Nicholas Parker-Jervis stood as 'Against Immigration Conservative Green'. Lindi St Clair, nicknamed ""Miss Whiplash"" and famous for running a brothel in London where she claimed there were many MP clients, stood as the ""National Independent Correct Edification - NICE"" candidate. She campaigned for 'nicer and more mature European attitudes towards sexuality.' Finally, Bernard 'Smiley' Mildwater, protesting Citroën's decision to cease production of the 2CV car, stood as a 'Save the 2CV' candidate. He had resigned from the RAF to fight the election. Polling day"
"resignation, officially said to be for reasons of ill health, by challenging Churchill in the House of Commons. Churchill responded, saying of Beresford that ""since I became first lord of the admiralty...within a fortnight he made a speech in which he said I had betrayed the navy...and ever since he has been going about the country pouring out charges of espionage, favouritism, blackmail, fraud, and inefficiency... The noble Lord nourishes many bitter animosities on naval matters"". The House of Commons supported Churchill, considering that Beresford's attack was a continuation of his dispute with Fisher, who was now acting privately as"
"caused by drunks"" and that policemen had told him that they were ""hampered, harassed, punched and kicked"". Following the disclosure of Patnick's role in creating what Prime Minister David Cameron called an ""unjust and untrue narrative that sought to blame the fans"", Labour MP John Mann wrote to Cameron asking that Patnick be stripped of his knighthood for his ""shameful and disgusting behaviour"". Patnick was also heavily criticised by the families of the dead, with the Hillsborough Justice Campaign stating that ""It needs to be remembered that this man vilified Liverpool and was part of a lying machine which shamefully"
"record in controlling Liverpool City Council: Labour MP Eric Heffer walked off the platform during the speech while Derek Hatton repeatedly shouted ""lies"" at Kinnock from the balcony, and later condemned ""the rantings and ravings"" contained in his speech. The NEC subsequently suspended Liverpool District Labour Party in November 1985, and began an inquiry into the council's conduct. A minority were opposed. Dennis Skinner, then an NEC member, thought it was a diversion from the Tories and the ""class enemy"". ""They're going to spend a lot of time examining their own navel,"" he said. Peter Kilfoyle was appointed as an"
"""the flotsam and jetsam from all over the world"" and ridiculing a Somali refugee family buying water in a west London supermarket, saying ""where they come from they're happy to drink out of puddles"" – fuelled protests and made him an easy target for Labour jibes when he retired in 1997. His Labour successor, John McDonnell described him as a 'stain', a 'malignant creature', and an espouser of racism, in his maiden speech. Dicks was born with cerebral palsy and referred to himself in the House of Commons as a ""spastic"". From 1999 until he retired in June 2009 Dicks"
"""humbug"" and ""hypocrisy"" and was being reprimanded by the Speaker for unparliamentary language at the moment Bower made his own intervention. The Speaker, Capt. Edward Fitzroy, took the view that: ""Both were so thoroughly disorderly, that I propose to ignore them if the hon. Members will apologise."" Robert Bower (Conservative politician) Commander Robert Tatton Bower (9 June 1894 – 5 July 1975) was a Royal Navy officer and a Conservative Party politician in England. At the 1931 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cleveland. He was re-elected in 1935, and held the seat until his"
"(three years earlier, Eden had married Churchill's niece, Anne Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, his second marriage). Shortly preceding his resignation, Churchill experienced an extended bout of somnambulism, a condition to which he was prone. Upon his resignation, the Queen offered him a dukedom but he declined the offer. Over the coming years, Churchill spent less time in Parliament, occasionally voting in parliamentary divisions but never again speaking in the House. He continued to serve as MP for Woodford until he stood down for the last time at the 1964 General Election. His private verdict on the Suez Crisis was: ""I would never"
"to be put in place ready for the next general election. He was picked to ask a question of Margaret Thatcher at Prime Minister's Questions on 17 July, asking her to take responsibility for the worsening economy. According to Dr Thomas Stuttaford, medical correspondent of ""The Times"", a Conservative MP and doctor watching him remarked on his ""extreme pallor"". On 20 July 1990, Carr attended a meeting of the General Management Committee of Liverpool Walton CLP in his role as Secretary. The meeting was extremely heated as followers of the Militant tendency were gearing up to increase their influence in"
"Parliament, making him a controversial figure. The origin of the name ""grog"" for rum diluted with water is attributed to Vernon. He was known for wearing coats made of grogram cloth, earning him the nickname of ""Old Grog"", which in turn came to mean diluted rum. The use of citrus juice helped to avoid scurvy. Born in Westminster, London, Vernon was the second son of James Vernon, secretary of state to William III. Edward had one other sibling, James who became British envoy to Denmark and served as a member of parliament and Clerk of the Privy Council. Vernon briefly"
"""In Liverpool, we learnt a long time ago what to do. I suggest the rest of the country should do exactly the same thing""; in reference to the hostility felt in Liverpool towards ""The Sun"" newspaper following its controversial allegations about the behaviour of Liverpool FC supporters during the Hillsborough disaster 20 years earlier. In the Prime Ministers Keynote Address Gordon Brown listed no fewer than twenty Labour Party achievements since 1997 and received an early standing ovation. The address would be his last as Prime Minister and for the Party would be their thirteenth and last party conference in"
"considered both estimable and entertaining. Both those characteristics were required, so that many he considered estimable, but not entertaining, were not elected. That included Lord Woolton, Clement Attlee, John Anderson and Lord Halifax. Anthony Eden was invited to join, but declined since he disliked dining clubs. Charles Wilson, created Lord Moran, was Churchill's physician for many years and in the late 1950s asked outright to be elected. This was surprisingly forthright, and Churchill felt that he couldn't hurt the doctor's feelings by refusing. After Churchill's death, Moran published a controversial book ""Winston Churchill, the Struggle for Survival"" which offended Churchill's"
"the part of Cymbeline ""to my accidentally seeing Mr Churchill in the pit, it rendering me confused and unmindful of my business."" Churchill's satire made him many enemies, and brought reprisals. In ""Night, an Epistle to Robert Lloyd"" (1761), he answered the attacks made on him, offering by way of defense the argument that any faults were better than hypocrisy. His scandalous conduct brought down the censure of the dean of Westminster, and in 1763 the protests of his parishioners led him to resign his offices, and he was free to wear his blue coat with metal buttons and much"
"and philosophy. But all his life he retained a broad London accent, which many Victorian conservatives found offensive or amusing. In Parliament he once asked the Speaker: ""What is now before the 'Ouse?"" To which the Leader of the Opposition interjected: ""An H!"" He developed a powerful rhetorical style modelled on that of his hero Gladstone, equally effective in the rough-house of the colonial Parliament or on the hustings. The conservative newspaper ""The Argus"" conceded: ""His oratory might not be polished: it certainly was not—but it was passionate, and it told."" Noted for his humour, Berry was nevertheless a tough"
"Nevertheless, she enjoyed the company of many glamorous friends from the worlds of show business and boxing. Towards perceived adversaries, Bessie showed neither patience nor respect, especially those with whom she had once shared common ground on the far left. Apart from her attacks on Bevan, she displayed particular scorn for the future Labour Party leader Michael Foot, whose practice in the 1950s of writing articles attacking the Labour leadership for right-wing newspapers was, she thought, disloyal. A much reported exchange between her and Churchill has her accusing him of being drunk, and him concurring but adding: ""My dear you"
"William Churchill (Ipswich MP) William Churchill (11 August 1661 – 1737) of Dallinghoo, Suffolk, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1707 and 1717. Churchill was the second son of William Churchill of Dorchester. He was brother of the MPs Awnsham Churchill and Joshua Churchill. He married Rose Sayer, daughter of John Sayer of Woodbridge. In the 1680s, Churchill was a radical Whig publisher. In 1685, he was accused of printing James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth's ""Declaration"", and fled to the Netherlands. He became useful to WIlliam of Orange and printed many of his"
"to the polls, by 130 to 90. Lady Randolph Churchill turned up in a striking blue dress and sunshade. Churchill himself tried to obtain a motor car from Coventry to bring voters to the polls, but it broke down at Stafford and never arrived. Polling closed at 8 pm. Shortly after 11 pm the result was announced from the town hall: The loss of both seats caused some recriminations in Conservative circles. Henry Howorth, in a letter to ""The Times"", took it as an object lesson that ""playing at pitch and toss"" with Conservative principles would not lead to a"
"as Jim Prior, Peter Walker, and Sir Ian Gilmour, as well as Lord Carrington and Norman St John-Stevas. The ""outer"" wets were more fragmented and less visible. They included Francis Pym, Michael Heseltine and Lord Hailsham. Gilmour was the most outspoken, delivering a lecture at Cambridge in February 1980 where he argued: ""In the Conservative view, economic liberalism à la Professor Hayek, because of its starkness and its failure to create a sense of community, is not a safeguard of political freedom but a threat to it."" In retaliation to being labelled as ""wet"", Thatcher's opponents within the party began"
"Congress (1889) as follows: Gossip, with his long, flowing beard, looks like one of the old-time monks. He has a good-shaped cranium, bald at the top, and is a little above the medium height. ... He believes himself to be one of the greatest chessplayers in the world, and thinks that if everything had gone on to his liking he could have beaten all the champions at the tournament. He is a deliberate player, but every now and then he takes a nip from a flask of brandy that generally stands on his table. He complained that his chair was"
"Parliament regularly, but he also maintained a lively social life, becoming an habitué of gentlemen's gambling clubs such as Goostree's and Boodle's in Pall Mall, London. The writer and socialite Madame de Staël described him as the ""wittiest man in England"" and, according to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, the Prince of Wales said that he would go anywhere to hear Wilberforce sing. Wilberforce used his speaking voice to great effect in political speeches; the diarist and author James Boswell witnessed Wilberforce's eloquence in the House of Commons and noted, ""I saw what seemed a mere shrimp mount upon the table;"
"of Commons. According to ""Hansard"", the Member of Parliament (MP) John Brady informed Manners that members were unable to use either the Committee Rooms or the Library because of the stench, and asked the minister ""if the noble Lord has taken any measures for mitigating the effluvium and discontinuing the nuisance"". Manners replied that the Thames was not under his jurisdiction. Four days later a second MP said to Manners that ""By a perverse ingenuity, one of the noblest of rivers has been changed into a cesspool, and I wish to ask whether Her Majesty's Government intend to take any"
"profoundly ambitious and eager for prominence"". Jenkins stated that in his early parliamentary years, Churchill was ""often deliberately provocative""; Rhodes James called it ""deliberately aggressive"". Rhodes James was of the view that, when speaking in the House of Commons, Churchill gave the impression of having a chip on his shoulder. His barbed rhetorical style earned him many enemies in parliament, and many Conservatives disliked him for his open criticism of Balfour and subsequent defection to the Liberals. Gilbert stated that in his early parliamentary career, Churchill reflected ""zeal, intelligence, and eagerness to learn"". Churchill developed a reputation for being a"
"the spat between Churchill and the Labour benches the previous night had something to do with that); there was a long silence which Halifax eventually broke by saying he did not believe he could lead the government effectively as a member of the House of Lords instead of the House of Commons. Churchill's version gets the date wrong, and he fails to mention the presence of David Margesson, the government Chief Whip. Halifax's account omits the dramatic pause and gives an additional reason: ""PM said I was the man mentioned as most acceptable. I said it would be hopeless position."
"of the Hughligans, a group of privileged young Tory Members of Parliament critical of their own party's leadership. Modelled after Lord Randolph Churchill's Fourth Party, the Hughligans included Cecil, F. E. Smith, Arthur Stanley, Ian Malcolm and, until 1904, Winston Churchill. Cecil was the best man at Churchill's wedding in 1908 and the latter greatly admired his eloquence in the House of Commons. As Churchill declared to a contemporary, Llewellyn Atherley-Jones,""How I wish I had his powers; speech is a painful effort to me."" Cecil dissented from the beginning from Joseph Chamberlain's policy of tariff reform, pleading in Parliament against"