That 'drunkard' was Sir Winston Churchill, and the 'woman' was Lady Astor (I think), who shouted those immortal words at the Prime Minister from the Public Gallery of the House of Commons, at the end of one of his speaches.

It was some all-night debate in the Commons, and Sir Winston had been sipping the old G & T's during this time.
I don't know how drunk he was; even if he was drunk. But that's the story as I know it, anyway.

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