“Well he would, wouldn’t he?” by Mandy Rice-Davies in court

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“Well he would, wouldn’t he?” is Mandy Rice-Davies’s famously sardonic courtroom remark during the Profumo affair, encapsulating public skepticism toward establishment denials in the 1960s British political scandal.

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instanceOf courtroom remark ⓘ
quotation ⓘ
addressedToTestimonyAbout Lord Astor ⓘ
associatedWith British political scandal ⓘ
Christine Keeler ⓘ
John Profumo ⓘ
Lord Astor ⓘ
sexual scandal ⓘ
become one of the most quoted lines of the Profumo affair ⓘ
capturedIn court transcripts of the Profumo affair era ⓘ
expresses distrust of establishment ⓘ
irony ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
hasCulturalImpactOn British political culture ⓘ
British popular culture ⓘ
hasSubject credibility of a denial ⓘ
implies a person’s denial is self‑serving ⓘ
interest-based bias in testimony ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterRecognizedAs iconic line of 20th‑century British legal history ⓘ
notedFor encapsulating 1960s social change ⓘ
undermining credibility of establishment witnesses ⓘ
occasion Profumo-related trial ⓘ
court testimony ⓘ
referencedIn British media and journalism ⓘ
histories of the Profumo affair ⓘ
later commentary on political scandals ⓘ
spokenBy Mandy Rice-Davies ⓘ
spokenInContextOf Profumo affair ⓘ
spokenInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
spokenInDecade 1960s ⓘ
tone sardonic ⓘ
witty ⓘ
usedAs expression of public skepticism ⓘ
shorthand for disbelief of official denials ⓘ

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Profumo affair → notableQuote → “Well he would, wouldn’t he?” by Mandy Rice-Davies in court ⓘ