Who said it?

“With the Queen’s approval and agreement, the Duke of York’s military affiliations and royal patronages have been returned to the Queen. The Duke of York will continue not to undertake any public duties and is defending this case as a private citizen” Buckingham Palace issues a statement removing Andrew from official royal life.

“It’s an unsavoury business ... I’m just glad he’s not associated with the military now. I’m pleased although it should have happened two years ago, or in fact longer, when he was taking his little trips out to play golf in St Andrews” Lieutenant Stuart Hunt, one of the Army veterans who called on the Queen to remove the Duke of York’s honorary military roles.

“(Mr Rees-mogg) should go and have a long lie down, maybe not in the House of Commons”

Scottish

Tory MSP Jamie Greene, after Commons leader Jacob Reesmogg called Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross “lightweight”. “We are big players internationally, the United Kingdom, our place in the world is very strong. And so we’re naturally a country of interest. I think it’s fair to say, in the future, we’ll see more alerts of this nature” - Home Secretary Priti Patel after it emerged a Chinese spy engaged in “political interference activities” on behalf of the ruling communist party.

“My time as DCMO has been the most challenging of my professional career, especially the Covid response. We all wish Covid had never happened. Notwithstanding, it has been the greatest privilege of my professional career to have served the people of the UK during this time” - England’s deputy chief medical officer Professor Sir Jonathan Van-tam announces he will leave his role at the end of March.