Who said it?

“When I went into that garden just after six on May 20 2020, to thank groups of staff before going back into my office 25 minutes later to continue working, I believed implicitly that this was a work event” - Boris Johnson apologises for attending a “bring your own booze” gathering at No 10 during the first lockdown.

“A series of unforced errors are deeply damaging to the perception of the party. The prime minister’s position is untenable” Chairman of the public affairs and constitutional affairs committee, the Tory MP William Wragg.

“I am, today, haunted by the tinkling of those glasses there on that sun-drenched night, the echoing of their thin laughter, the stifled chuckles as they practised their imagined denials and, most perniciously, the leadership that encouraged it to happen. Their actions feel like direct assaults in the face of my family’s, and all of our shared, national, tragedy”

- Actor Rory Kinnear on the gathering at No 10, which took place the same day as his sister Karina’s funeral following her death from coronavirus aged 48.

“Prince Andrew has nowhere to go. He’s effectively a dead man walking as far as the royal family is concerned” - Media lawyer Mark Stephens.

“The love of life keeps me going. Creativity is a very interesting stimulant because there’s nothing better than having a lovely idea and then turning that idea into reality and seeing that people are enjoying what you’ve created, that’s very nice” - Designer Sir Paul Smith as he was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour.