QUOTES OF THE DAY

“I put my case across. I think the audience understood what I was saying. And that I am on the side of people who work hard, who do the right thing”

– Liz Truss, when asked if she was annoyed by rival Conservative leadership candidate Rishi Sunak interrupting her during the BBC televised debate. “I think it’s inevitable that you’re going to have candidates disagreeing, and frankly, we need to hear what the arguments are. We shouldn’t shy away from robust debate, which is what we’re getting. I think it’s refreshing and good”

– Cabinet minister Robert Buckland, who is supporting Mr Sunak. “Time after time during the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement, he made the hard choices over the politically expedient ones because he believed future generations deserved to grow up free from violence and hatred”

– Former US president Bill Clinton, above, pays tribute to Lord Trimble, one of the principal architects of the agreement that ended decades of conflict in Northern Ireland, who has died aged 77. “The Government need to stop their interference in this dispute so the rail employers can come to a negotiated settlement with us” – RMT general secretary Mick Lynch ahead of a fresh rail strike. “While we will do all that we can to minimise disruption to passengers, our advice is to only travel if it is necessary, and if you are going to travel, please plan ahead”

– Steve Montgomery, chairman of the Rail Delivery Group.

“I have never had a creative experience like this in any kind of place I have worked, whether it is theatre or film, when you are building something from the ground up”

– Bafta-nominated actress Jessie Buckley on her collaboration with Bernard Butler, For All Our Days That Tear The Heart, which has been shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.