“I’ve got the constitution of a wee Shetland pony, I just keep going” – TV’s Lorraine Kelly, 59, has no thoughts of retiring.
“I like black comedy, particularly in dark times. The blacker the comedy, the more truthful it gets” – Writer Salman Rushdie.
“MeToo is just free advertising for actresses you have never heard of” – Feminist Germaine Greer.
“What made me say ‘yes’ to Ocean’s 8? Lots and lots of money” – Actress Sandra Bullock on the all-female film.
“Age is just a number. It is totally irrelevant unless you are a bottle of wine” – Dame Joan Collins, 85.
” I was angry and upset but thought myself lucky not to have been stabbed or beaten up like many other victims who fall prey to these vicious criminals” – Home Secretary Sajid Javid recalls being attacked by moped thieves.
“Now, as we leave the European Union and stop paying significant annual subscriptions to Brussels, we will have more money to spend on priorities such as the NHS. But to give the NHS the funding it needs for the future, this Brexit dividend will not be enough” – The Prime Minister, announcing that the NHS is to get an additional £20 billion a year.
“The NHS is in crisis after eight years of Tory cuts and privatisation. Today’s announcement confirms that Theresa May has failed to give the NHS the funding it needs, and much of the funding announced today is based on wishful thinking” – Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth.
“I called him an asteroid of awfulness, that’s because that’s what he is” – Emily Thornberry, shadow Foreign Secretary, reinforces what she once said about President Donald Trump.
“Treading water, fingers crossed and hoping for the best is not a strategy at this time. Propping up a Tory government that glories in wilful ignorance and indifference to Ireland is not the way forward” – Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald on Brexit and the Irish border problem.
“You crept back into office a year ago. You started bunging money around in order to stay in office. For goodness sake, give up, move on, move over and let the people take over” – Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s message to the Tories.
