THEY SAID WHAT?

“Like all street bullies, Putin will keep bullying – and killing – until somebody makes him stop” – Military historian Sir Max Hastings.

“Make room to break the rules. You will never do anything interesting unless you do”

– Designer Paul Smith.

“The dividing lines today are the dividing lines every day – everywhere ... as our movement has always known. Not between brothers and sisters either side of a border, or across the Channel, but between the haves and have nots – the 95% and the 5% – the many and the few”

- Shadow chancellor John McDonnell.

“When I got there I was like ‘we are literally inside of a cake’. It was way too fancy, but just fancy enough”

– Texan country singer Kacey Musgraves (pictured) on performing in the Royal Albert Hall.

“Single-use plastics waste is a scourge to our environment. From crisp packets to coffee cups, each year the UK produces millions of tonnes of waste which is neither recyclable nor biodegradable”

– Chancellor Philip Hammond.

“It brought to an end the 60s as we knew it - which was a load of drunks getting up to all sorts and dancing like mad”

– Actor Sir Michael Caine saying that drugs ruined the 1960s.

“I feel more comfortable in drama. Comedy is a high-wire act. I find it stressful. It’s a precision science in a way”

- Actor Colin Firth.