THEY SAID WHAT?

“It is now clear that Mr Skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia” - The Prime Minister on the ex-spy poisoning case adding that it was “highly likely” that Russia had mounted the attack.

“We need to continue seeking a robust dialogue with Russia on all the issues dividing our countries, both domestic and international rather than simply cutting off contact and simply letting tensions and divisions get worse, and potentially even more dangerous”

- Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

“It causes you convulsions and you can’t breathe and after that you die. If you get enough of a dose of it. It’s real torture, it’s impossible to imagine. Even in low doses the pain can go on for weeks. You cannot imagine the horror, it’s so bad”

- Vil Mirzayanov a Russian scientist now living in the US on the nerve toxins being developed by Russia, and describing the Salisbury poisoning as “a brazen attack”.

“I’ve never been in a fight in my entire life. I’m definitely not a fighter, I’m a lover”

- TV presenter Helen Skelton, above, training for her celebrity boxing Sport Relief challenge.

“We are faced with an administration in Scotland which is absolutely determined to break up the United Kingdom. That is their purpose. They can have all the talks till the crack of doom with the political administration. But the politicians have another agenda... which is to destroy the United Kingdom”

- Tory peer Lord Forsyth, on the SNP.