QUOTES OF THE WEEK

‘You are hereby terminated.’ Donald Trump sparks a political storm by unceremoniously sacking FBI chief James Comey.

‘This feels like House Of Cards on steroids.’ BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel on the intrigue swirling around Washington following the President’s decision.

‘For me, mid-century Scandinavian style is just the blond leading the bland towards an impossibly dull beige-topia.’ Designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen laments the no-frills practicality of Ikea furniture.

‘I get to decide when I take the bins out, not if I take the bins out.’ Theresa May’s husband Philip gives an insight into the ‘boy jobs’ he has to carry out at No10 during a BBC interview.

‘Perhaps we could have a cartoon with a knife and a red cross going through it.’ Surgeon Simon Eccles jokes that avocados should carry a health warning after a surge in knife wounds caused by cutting into the fruit.

‘It’s very easy to put together a shopping list, but most of us, when we get to the age of ten, realise that you have to find a way of paying for them.’ Former Minister criticises Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘letter to Santa’ Election manifesto, which contains a string of uncosted pledges.

‘I get the hump being told that I can’t have a kidney with a pork chop. Do not **** with the way I live.’ Actor Ray Winstone explains why he voted to quit Europe in last year’s referendum.

‘Who told him he can act? Probably the same person who told Victoria she can sing.’ Twitter user condemns David Beckham’s big screen debut in King Arthur.