On 26 December, Churchill addressed a joint meeting of the US Congress but, that night, suffered a heart attack diagnosed by his physician, Sir Charles Wilson, as a coronary deficiency needing several weeks' bed rest. Churchill insisted he did not need bed rest and journeyed to Ottawa by train where he gave a speech to the Canadian Parliament that included the "some chicken, some neck" line in which he recalled French predictions in 1940 that "Britain alone would have her neck wrung like a chicken". He arrived home mid-January, having flown from Bermuda to Plymouth in the first transatlantic air crossing by a head of government, to find there was a crisis of confidence in his government and him; he decided to face a vote of confidence in the Commons, which he won easily.
on 26 december churchill addressed a joint meeting of the us congress but that night suffered a heart attack diagnosed by his physician sir charles wilson as a coronary deficiency needing several weeks' bed rest churchill insisted he did not need bed rest and journeyed to ottawa by train where he gave a speech to the canadian parliament that included the "some chicken some neck" line in which he recalled french predictions in 1940 that "britain alone would have her neck wrung like a chicken" he arrived home mid-january having flown from bermuda to plymouth in the first transatlantic air crossing by a head of government to find there was a crisis of confidence in his government and him; he decided to face a vote of confidence in the commons which he won easily