Quotes of the day

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So, just to be clear, we are now going to have to amend the ‘unamendable’ after the agreed amendable amendment acquired a sneaky sting in the tail. Would be funny if only it wasn’t such a serious issue.

Tory MP Sarah Wollaston tries to make sense of the increasingly complex battle over Brexit.

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The SNP are grand masters at cranking up the grievance machine.

Liberal Democrat Lord Wallace of Tankerness, condemning the Scottish nationalists’ mass Commons walkout.

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Coming out here, there’s a lot of talk in the press that it’s a horrendous place, the World Cup from hell, but we’re having a great time. Everyone’s having a good laugh with each other – Australians, Russians, Colombians, Peruvians. England football fan Angus Lawless, 23, from Stockport, in Moscow for the tournament. “

It’s very new to everyone to see the presidency as an entertainment rather than something to be taken seriously. Very, very serious topics almost seem childish on Mr Trump’s watch.

Reggae star Damian Marley.

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We are hard-wired to enjoy outrage. It is satisfying emotion because it gives you a sense of superiority.

Writer Lionel Shriver.