THEY SAID WHAT?
“It’s no exaggeration to say that education is in a perilous state: funding has been cut year upon year, the attainment gap is widening and the curriculum has narrowed as courses have been cut”
– Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
“Our political institutions are in danger of gaining a reputation as a toxic workplace for women. We need to throw open the doors on what has gone on in the past. We need to flood the dark corners of parliament - and politics in general – with the disinfectant of sunshine” – Ruth Davidson, Scotland’s Tory
leader.
“Thank you for remembering that I was there in good days and bad days, when the weather was good, when the weather was bad, when the news was good, when the news was bad, and thank you for your memories of me”
– Eamonn Holmes, above, after being rated the best TV breakfast
programme host of all time.
“The official, to my astonishment, put his hand on my breast. I looked at the hand and then, in my best Lady Bracknell voice, said ‘Are you actually touching my breast?’ He dropped his hand and laughed nervously” – TV producer Daisy Goodwin, creator of hit ITV drama Victoria, claims she was groped by a Government official while on a visit to 10 Downing Street.
“The battle to save the pub is on. The battle to reduce taxation is definitely on” – Tory MP Nigel Evans, who is leading a campaign for Chancellor Philip Hammond to reduce beer duty in his Budget.