QUOTES OF THE Week
“He has got the most extraordinarily difficult decisions to make later this year on public sector pay and then he will be under pressure, I suspect, come this time next year – when energy prices will still be high and households will be struggling – to put more money in” – Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies on Rishi Sunak’s measures aimed at helping with the cost-ofliving crisis.
“I’ve always been prepared to respond to the situation on the ground, what’s happening to the economy, what families are experiencing and making sure we’ve got policies in place to support them through that. I do want people to be reassured and confident that we will get through this. We will be able to combat and reduce inflation, we have the tools at our disposal and after time it will come down” – Chancellor Rishi Sunak on dealing with the cost-of-living crisis.
“I think it’s very, very important that we do not get lulled because of the incredible heroism of the Ukrainians in pushing the Russians back from the gates of Kyiv. I’m afraid that Putin at great cost to himself and Russian military is continuing to chew through ground in Donbas, he’s continuing to make gradual, slow but I’m afraid palpable progress” – Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the war in Ukraine.
“Private photos can often show the fun behind the formality. I expect just about every family has a collection of photographs or films that were once regularly looked at to recall precious moments but which, over time, are replaced by newer images and more recent memories. You always hope that future generations will find them interesting and perhaps be surprised that you too were young once” – The Queen in a message introducing the BBC documentary – Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen, which includes clips from home movies.
“He was so uniquely gifted, so adventurous, so courageous as an actor. Playing Henry Hill in Goodfellas was a tall order, because the character had so many different facets, so many complicated layers and Ray was in almost every scene of a long, tough shoot. He absolutely amazed me and I’ll always be proud of the work we did together on that picture” – Martin Scorsese pays tribute to Ray Liotta, who has died aged 67.