QUOTES OF THE DAY

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Chequers is a dying duck in a thunderstorm, if it is not quite a dead duck.

Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg on Brexit.

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If there is no deal the Government would not pay the terms of the financial settlement. There’s no deal without the whole deal.

Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab saying the UK would not pay the “divorce bill” if Brussels refused a deal.

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Keep smiling and doing stuff. Don’t sit down too much and always run up the stairs if you can. Actress Joanna Lumley on how to maintain good looks.

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We are in danger of sleepwalking into a future crisis. There is going to have to be a severe awakening to the escalation of risks, but we are in a leaderless world.

Former prime minister Gordon Brown on fears of a new financial meltdown.

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Unless there is a global will to meet the depth of the challenges, the ideology of Islamism will grow – and with it, the violence. It is time to act.

Ex-prime minister Tony Blair. “

The age of the gentleman criminal is over.

Actor Sir Michael Caine lamenting the increase in violence in London’s East End.

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It was like having a baby, I would almost rather have had a baby than do MasterChef. There were certainly labour pains! It was a good experience, but it was a nightmare.

Singer Stella Parton, sister of Dolly Parton, on appearing in Celebrity Masterchef.

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It’s tough to be northern, working-class and talented.

Liverpool-born singer Rebecca Ferguson.