QUOTES OF THE DAY

“I do think the effect of the pandemic and the last 12 months has been to polarise opinion in Wales about the way it should be governed. What we have to do – to quote a Conservative member of the Senedd, David Melding – is we have to recognise that the union as it is, is over. We have to create a new union. We have to demonstrate to people how we can recraft the UK in a way that recognises it as a voluntary association of four nations, in which we choose to pool our sovereignty for common purposes and for common benefits.”

- First Minister Mark Drakeford

“The importance of improving cancer outcomes and the need for this to include a new cancer centre are not in question. What is in question is where a new cancer is best located to deliver that contribution. It has been a long and complex process, involving an incredible amount of work, and is now coming to a final decision.”

- Health Minister Vaughan Gething on plans for a new cancer hospital in

the capital

“I don’t know how they could expect that, after all of this time, we would still just be silent if there is an active role that The Firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us. And, if that comes with risk of losing things, I mean, I... there is a lot that has been lost already.”

- the Duchess of Sussex, above, in a television interview with Oprah

Winfrey

“We are clearly very concerned about allegations in the Times following claims made by former staff of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.”

- Buckingham Palace says it has launched an investigation into claims that the duchess bullied former royal staff.

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