QUOTES OF THE WEEK
I campaigned when we were trying to get same-sex marriage legalised. It is another one where things just get blown out, and they love to just, any chance they get, they love to throw me under the bus. It is what it is. I’ll just say sorry for what I said. MMA fighter Conor McGregor said he did not mean any disrespect to the LGBT community when he used the word f **** t to describe a fellow fighter in an incident caught on camera.
When you’re 17 years old you don’t know what the Muslim Brotherhood is... Of course I’m not a member... I do not support the ideology. I was imprisoned with them and I differ with them on a lot of points. Ibrahim Halawa, recently freed from jail, said he did not travel to Egypt to become involved in politics.
That is a foundation of our life as women. It is something that we have dealt with our whole lives. Actress Jodie Foster saying they should not just be talking about “the pig in the bathroom” but dealing with the abuse.
I say that when a girl walks about like that, it is a patriotic duty to sexually harass her and a national duty to rape her. Egyptian lawyer Nabih alWahsh’s on women wearing ripped jeans.
In recent days allegations have been made about MPs’ conduct, including my own. Many of these have been false, but I realise that in the past I have fallen below the high standards that we require of the armed forces which I have the privilege to represent. I have therefore reflected on my position in Government and I am resigning as Defence Secretary. British minister Sir Michael Fallon announcing his resignation.
Bloody hell. I doubt my knee was the reason for his resignation. If this is over kneegate, him touching my knee 15 years ago and me not having any issue with it today, this is the most insane, absurd and ridiculous resignation of a cabinet minister ever. Journalist Julia HartleyBrewer.
Given the term’s ubiquity and its regular usage by President Trump, it is clear that Collins’s Word of the Year ‘fake news’ is very real news. Helen Newsead, of Collins Dictionary.
We’re on this incredible planet and there doesn’t appear to be another one within sight. Sir Paul McCartney, the vegetarian ex-Beatle, discussing the effect of livestock agriculture on climate change.
Statistically speaking I am very smart. I actually do have the IQ of an official genius, which I’m kind of proud of. My IQ does sit in the bracket of genius/ Ross Fretton, who was nevertheless fired on the TV show The Apprentice.
I am not going to throw away the hand of friendship to suit 100 Trotskyites in Glasgow. Comedian Sir Billy Connolly on critics of his friendship with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal.