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Originally Posted by taddy
Another one credited to the great man was to the speaker of the house of commons, Betty Boothroyd, (I think ), when she reportedly said to him, "you sir are drunk", to which he replied, "and you madam are ugly but I shall be sober in the morning".
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Bessie Braddock, Liverpool MP (although sometimes attributed to Nancy Astor).
Betty Boothroyd became speaker 27 years after Churchill died, and is the only female Speaker of the House of Commons to date.