THEY SAID WHAT?

“North Korea is a problem. The problem will be taken care of”

– US president Donald Trump.

“There was no order to make any attack. We don’t have any chemical weapons, we gave up our arsenal a few years ago. Even if we have them, we would not use them. We have never used our chemical arsenal in our history” – President Assad of Syria, denying that his forces were responsible for the chemical weapon attack.

“The world into which you all now enter is very different from that which confronted many of your predecessors. The threats we face today are more complex than ever before. And the missions that you will be asked to undertake will be similarly complex”

– Prime Minister Theresa May addressing cadets at Sandhurst

academy.

“She is about as friendly as a box of razor blades and twice as sharp” – commentator Sarah Vine, above, on Victoria Beckham.

“High street bank closures has become an epidemic in the last few years, blighting our town centres, hurting particularly elderly and more vulnerable customers, and local small businesses while making healthy profits for themselves. It is time our banks recognise instead that they are a utility providing an essential public service”

– Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, saying that a Labour government would legislate to prevent banks from closing

branches.

“Swearing. I make a lot of mistakes and they are often followed by a swift four-letter word” – Sir Richard Branson, on his most unappealing habit.