Who said it

“Our constituents have been some of the hardest hit by this virus with many losing jobs, businesses, and livelihoods. Never has there been a more pertinent and urgent political and economic case to support people living in the north. However, instead of moving forwards on our shared ambitions, the cost of Covid and the virus itself threatens to send the north into reverse”

- Tory MP Jake Berry writes to Boris Johnson.

“This problem is real. It should go without saying it’s serious. It’s immediate and it’s going to get worse as employment gets worse and the government isn’t doing enough”

- Henry Dimbleby, the government’s food tsar and the co-founder of the Leon restaurant chain.

“If the Rule of Six is still in place at Christmas, we’re breaking it to have the rule of seven. We just are” - BBC presenter Victoria

Derbyshire, in an interview with the Radio Times for which she later apologised.

“Anytime we don’t need to pack water for our trip, we have an opportunity to take other useful items with us. Being able to use water that is already at the Moon would be a big help for us in exploring the Moon”

- Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist for Nasa’s human exploration and operations mission directorate.

“Polio didn’t grab me like that, but the aneurysm took away a lot more, really. Took away my speech and my ability to walk. And, you know, I got my speech back quickly, but the walking I’m still struggling with. But I mean, I’m a fighter. I’ve got Irish blood. So you know, I knew, ‘Here I go again, another battle’” - Joni Mitchell, five years after suffering a brain aneurysm.