Who said it

“We are very keen that we have a Christmas as close to normal as possible. That requires all of us to make every effort over this national restriction period and even in early December to get the cases as low as possible and to reduce the risk of transmission within households and between families.”

- Dr Susan Hopkins, a senior medical adviser to the government’s Covid-19 response.

“Althoughthis year hastakena very different pathto the one we expected, I haven’tlost sight of our ambitiousplans to levelup across the country. My10-pointplan will create, support andprotect hundreds of thousands of green jobs, whilst makingstrides towards net zero by2050.”- BorisJohnson announcesa“greenindustrial revolution” includingbanning salesofnewpetrolanddiesel carsandvansby2030.

“It’s a major headache, but at least having a definitive target means they know now what they have to do.”

- Jim Holder, editorial director of What Car?, responds on the challenge for manufacturers.

“I think the debate that has been taking place here about the kinds of crazy conspiracy theories and what some have called truth decay where facts don’t matter, everything is fair game, everything goes, that has contributed enormously to these divisions. It’s going to take more than one election to reverse those trends.”

- Former US president Barack Obama.

“There have been quite serious cases where quite frankly the reputation of the legal profession was undermined by the activities of some so-called activist lawyers.” - Robert Buckland, the Lord Chancellor.