QUOTES of the week

‘It’s come to something when I tell decent, patriotic Labour voters that they should vote for Boris Johnson at this Election. I can’t believe it, but that’s where we are.’

Former Labour Minister Ian Austin, who is stepping down, urges party supporters to turn their back on Jeremy Corbyn.

‘I hope the horseradish plants I gave you thrive.’

Jeremy Corbyn’s less than effusive message to his deputy Tom Watson after he announced he was stepping down.

‘A candle-seller at the dawn of the age of the electric lightbulb.’

Boris Johnson’s description of Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage.

‘There are other organisms out there but I don’t think they are green, big and have googly eyes.’

Poldark actress Eleanor Tomlinson believes in aliens.

‘He’s been a naughty boy.’

Mark Baxter on his brother-in-law Steve Easterbrook, who was forced to quit as the £12 million a year boss of McDonald’s over an affair with an employee.

‘You see other members of royal families around the world looking so aristocratic, but the Queen looks like she could be at a bus stop in Carlisle.’

The Crown writer Peter Morgan praises Her Majesty’s down-to-earth style.

‘What we are currently experiencing is the brain death of Nato.’

French President Emmanuel Macron, as he warns that the West can no longer rely on the United States to defend the alliance.

‘I don’t want to be the poster girl for geriatric sex. My family have suffered enough.’

Prue Leith – the 79-year-old has previously told of the joys of finding love again in later life.

‘I do get death threats occasionally, but people have to write to me.’

Tory veteran Ken Clarke, has never embraced social media.