Who said it

“It is not the case now, as we see, that the people of Scotland are agitating for a referendum”

- Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove says Nicola Sturgeon cannot expect a second independence referendum after failing to secure a majority in the Scottish Parliament elections.

“The fact that we are sitting here having a debate about whether or not that outcome is going to be respected says a lot about the lack of respect for Scottish democracy that this UK Government has demonstrated for quite some time now” - First Minister Nicola Sturgeon after the SNP secured 64 seats in Holyrood, one seat short of an overall majority.

“When the leader of the party on Friday said he takes responsibility for the election result in Hartlepool in particular and then scapegoats Angela Rayner, many of us feel that is unfair, particularly as we all know actually that Keir’s style of leadership is that his office controls everything. It is very centralised and he controlled the campaign” - Former Labour shadow chancellor John Mcdonnell.

“To anyone I’ve offended, I just want to say ‘I reinvented electric cars and I’m sending people to Mars in a rocket ship, did you also think I was going to be a chilled, normal dude?”’ - Tech billionaire Elon Musk.

“I don’t blame the restaurants, they’ve had it really hard, but the councils shouldn’t be granting them licences to take over the pavements” - Visually impaired activist Dr Amy Kavanagh says outdoor dining has complicated her guide dog Ava’s job.