QUOTES of the week

‘The Government sets the rules, we follow them, they don’t like the results, they then deny setting the rules and blame the people trying to do their best.’

Care boss Mark Adams

hits out at a ‘Kafkaesque’ situation after Boris Johnson accused care homes of not following procedures during the coronavirus crisis.

‘I have to admit my unconscious, rapidly becoming conscious, bias against gingerhaired princes who don’t seem to know the Commonwealth is voluntary.’

Former ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer

tweets following Prince Harry’s demand that the Commonwealth atone for its past.

‘Thought about it and thought “why not”. Happy birthday, Ringo. It’s a special one. Have a good day.’

Original Beatles drummer Pete Best

buries the hatchet with Sir Ringo Starr after 58 years, wishing his replacement a happy 80th birthday.

‘Bad bear! Bad, naughty bear! Very naughty bear!’ Dame Helen Mirren confronts a black bear which wandered into the garden at her home in Nevada.

‘I once accepted an award saying it had been a brilliant day because earlier I had come second in a Kim Jong Un lookalike competition, so it is kind of my own fault.’

Former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson

pokes fun at herself after receiving unkind comments about her appearance.

‘I have been plucked, stuffed and roasted.’

Ab Fab actress Julia Sawalha

tweets after being told she was being axed from the sequel to animated film Chicken Run because she is too old. She is 51.

‘They were shouting “black lives matter”. I think it can sometimes be used to justify some people’s wrongdoing.’

PC Andrew MacPherson

who was attacked as he arrested a man in East London.