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 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. In 1984, Radio City, an independent Liverpool radio station, broadcast a 4-part dramatisation of Jack and Bessie Braddock's lives. Bessie Braddock is commemorated in Liverpool by the statue in Lime Street Station, and by a blue plaque erected at her modest home in ZigZag Road. In a 2014 Fabian Society essay the Labour MP Lisa Nandy wrote that Bessie "brought her experiences of life in the slums of Liverpool right into the heart of Westminster. Now, more than ever, we need the voices of working women to be heard in parliament". Notes References Citations Sources Books Newspapers and journals Online External links Watch Anglia News from 1962 with Braddock speech recorded in Norfolk 1899 births 1970 deaths Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers-sponsored MPs Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Liverpool constituencies Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Councillors in Liverpool 20th-century British women politicians English atheists English socialists English people of Scottish descent Industrial Workers of the World members Labour Party (UK) councillors Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Lancashire Women councillors in England