THEY SAID WHAT?
“The data proves that there’s one rule for the super-rich and another for the rest when it comes to paying tax” - Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on the leaked Paradise Papers, which show that the Duchy of Lancaster, the private estate of the Queen, was found to have millions of pounds invested in offshore arrangements.
“We operate a number of investments and a few of these are with overseas funds. All of our investments are fully audited and legitimate”
- a spokesman for the Duchy of Lancaster estate.
“I can’t abide ideologues. They are right and everybody else is wrong. It consumes their lives”
- Tory MP Anna Soubry, above.
“What has been revealed over the last few weeks has been deeply troubling - and has understandably led to significant public unease. Women and men should be able to work free from the threat or fear of harassment, bullying or intimidation. But for too long the powerful have been able to abuse their power, and their victims have not felt able to speak out”
- the Prime Minister, Theresa May, on sexual harassment.
“I thought I’d get married in my local church to somebody from home. But I’ve married this guy from New York and we live in a way I never imagined”
- opera singer Katherine Jenkins.
“I don’t know much about him, but I know he’s a blowhard. And I’m not too excited about him being a leader”
- former US president George Bush Snr on Donald Trump.