QUOTES of the week

‘I need to get to work. I need to feed my kids.’ Passenger at Canning Town station is furious as Extinction Rebellion protesters clamber on top of a train to cause travel chaos during the morning rush hour. ‘It’s hard to be taken seriously about the climate when your job is to race aimlessly around in circles in a gasguzzling land rocket.’ Twitter user mocks F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton after he urges fans to go vegan to save the planet. ‘It’s like the Little Chef of the galaxy.’ Actor Michael Sheen claims the Welsh steel town of Port Talbot is like a ‘stop-off’ area for UFOs. ‘Sorry doesn’t cut it.’ Charlotte Charles, the mother of crash victim Harry Dunn, rejects an apology from driver Anne Sacoolas, who fled to the US claiming diplomatic immunity. ‘I’ll take all my make-up off and they’ll see I can do old.’ Actress Jane Seymour who says that at 68 she still looks too youthful to play older roles. ‘I’m a bit embarrassed. It’s a bit of a blub-a-thon, isn’t it?’ Broadcaster Bill Turnbull admits making a new documentary about his cancer battle was emotional. ‘Every day in Crawley is a day lost in my life.’ Snooker star Ronnie O’Sullivan is critical of the West Sussex town, which is hosting the sport’s English Open. ‘I think the internet is just terrible. We will look back on it like the invention of nuclear weapons, as something we really wish we hadn’t done.’ Comic David Mitchell yearns for a return to the pre-smartphone world. ‘What colour is the sky on your planet?’ Labour MP Kevan Jones, after his party’s leadership claimed they had never been in better shape to fight a General Election.