QUOTES of the week

‘Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path. Every disagreement doesn’t have to be a cause for total war.’

President Joe Biden appeals for unity in his

inauguration speech. ‘I hope they don’t raise your taxes but if they do – I told you so!’ Donald Trump addresses supporters after leaving the White House for the final time. ‘I’m having my fingernails pulled out at that time, sorry

I can’t make it.’

Anthony Scaramucci, Trump’s former press aide, declines the former President’s invitation to hear his final speech. ‘I asked did they get juggling balls for Christmas.’

Red-carded Aston Villa manager Dean Smith on his ‘clown’ insult to match officials after his side went behind to a hugely controversial goal against Manchester City.

‘Inauguration Day is really Amazing Coat Day, isn’t it?’ Writer Caitlin Moran tweets as new Vice President Kamala Harris dazzles in a £4,000 purple outfit.

‘Storm Christoph 1 – Ferrari 0.’

Highways England tweets a picture of an upturned sports car near Leeds.

‘This lockdown I decided to make some radical changes. The first one, all I did was eat cake and drink myself into oblivion. As good as that was, it’s not the right thing to do.’

Happy Mondays star Bez who has become an unlikely

exercise guru on YouTube.

‘At last, something to toast!’

The Grocer magazine as it reports on a £120million rise in the sales of preserves and spreads during lockdown. ‘You can’t just accuse somebody of a criminal offence and laugh it off.’ Antiques dealer identified as Peter after Bargain Hunt was censured by a BBC complaints watchdog for wrongly claiming a Victorian ring he sold was made in the 1950s.