Winston Churchill was famous for his witty repartee on the floor of the House of Commons. One much-repeated anecdote involves an exchange between him and Lady Astor, the first woman MP in the House of Commons. “Mr Churchill, if you were my husband, I’d put poison in your tea”, Astor had said. To which Churchill had replied, “Madam, if I were your husband…I’d drink it”. Similar stories are told of statesmen the world over who use the bite of a well-worded remark rather than resort to unintelligible barking like our politicians do.
Posted on: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 14:05:16 +0000
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