Who said it

“It’s not about whether I could fly in thousands of troops and secure the airport. Yes I could do that, I could probably secure the airport for a few months, or maybe a year or two. But for what purpose? For them to be shot at, attacked, people not to get to the airport and to trigger just a permanent fight?” - Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on the Afghan crisis.

“Charlie Watts was the ultimate drummer. The most stylish of men, and such brilliant company. My deepest condolences to Shirley, Seraphina and Charlotte. And of course, the Rolling Stones”

- Sir Elton John on the death of the Stones drummer.

“These dangerous crossings from safe EU countries are completely unnecessary and we are determined to take down the evil criminal gangs behind them”

- Dan O’Mahoney, the Home Office’s Clandestine Channel Threat Commander. “Pretty much to a man and woman, it feels like every producer has popped up and said that selling off Channel 4 would be tantamount to an act of self-harm against one of the most successful sectors of the British economy” - Ian Katz, chief content officer at Channel 4. “Some of the pig processors are having to cut down on how many pigs they are processing a week so that’s starting to have an impact back on the farm. We are cutting back and prioritising lines and cutting out on things, so there just won’t be the totals of Christmas favourites like we are used to” - British Meat Processors Association chief executive Nick Allen warns that Christmas favourites like pigs in blankets could be in short supply this festive season as a result of post-Brexit issues.