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If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker jokes that opposing Hitler is so pressing that they would say something kind about the devil, in Parliament, if Hitler invaded hell. Any enemy of that tyrant, however infernal, would earn courtesy. It is dry, pragmatic wit about odd alliances.
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