THEY SAID WHAT?

“I was supposed to be called something else. My mum and dad agreed what I was going to be called and he took the papers to go off and register the birth, and then he changed the name” - Jeremy Corbyn, adding that he never found out what his forename was originally going to be.

“The public will go bananas if we end up giving nearly £40bn to the European Union”

- Tory MP Robert Halfon.

“I stayed with Bake Off. The girls abandoned it. But I was the one put under siege. I became the most hated man in the country! It’s not fun for someone that doesn’t like being in the limelight. I didn’t set out to be on the telly, I set out to be a good baker. And I didn’t want this”

- Paul Hollywood, the Great British Bake Off judge criticises those who left the show when it moved to Channel 4.

“Because I’m British, I guess, and I like British writing and British work, and I love it here. I think the way you look is much more important in Hollywood than possibly it is here”

- Actress Dame Julie Walters, above, does not regret turning down the many offers she has had

from Hollywood.

“There are lots of protocols to follow, so you can’t put out your hand to shake hers unless she reaches out first, or speak to her before she talks to you - which was frustrating because I just wanted to give her a big hug” - Alexandra Burke, a Strictly Come Dancing contestant, recalls

meeting the Queen.