THEY SAID WHAT?

“I would be a hypocrite now were I to share honours with one who has become at best an accomplice to murder, complicit in ethnic cleansing and a handmaiden to genocide” - Bob Geldof, who is handing back his Freedom of the City of Dublin in protest at Aung San Suu Kyi holding the same accolade while Burma carries out “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya.

“We are in critical times. Brexit is a huge challenge, but can be a great success if we get it right. But the Conservative Party still seems punch-drunk after the election, bemused by ongoing sagas in the Cabinet”

- Tory MP Johnny Mercer.

“I’m really excited about handing the crown over, because this year couldn’t have been any better. It’s like a magic crown. I hope it’s a girl - girl power” - TV’s Scarlett Moffatt, above, winner of last year’s I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!

“During the time I have been writing books, kids’ relationships with their electronic devices have changed dramatically. It gets harder to write about childhood without mentioning phones and texting” - Best-selling children’s author Jeff Kinney.

“I used to think I was invincible but now I’m running out of lives” - Entertainer Paul O’Grady, who was taken seriously ill while filming in Delhi. He had already suffered three heart attacks.

“You may be saving lives, but don’t park your van in a stupid place and block my drive” - Contents of a note left in an ambulance called to a critically ill man in Birmingham.