THEY SAID WHAT?

“Completely cretinous, the silliest thing I could possibly think of ... a betrayal of good sense”

– Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg on proposals for a customs partnership involving the UK after Brexit.

“The Liberal Democrats, along with the other Remainer peers, are playing with fire. If they succeed in their goal of thwarting Brexit, there will be a massive awakening of bitterness, the like of which we have not witnessed in recent times. The consequences could be unpredictable”

– Former Tory chancellor Lord

Lamont.

“Fear, stress, control, being controlled, manipulation, like being a pawn in a chess piece of life”

– Rapper Kanye West on what triggered his breakdown. “Smoking took 40 years. We haven’t got 40 years to do this. We will not have an NHS in 40 years’ time if we don’t get a hand around an environmental strategy that attacks ill-health and protects child health”

- Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, above, calling for the war against

obesity to be stepped up.

“I have a fantastic method for anti-ageing. It’s eating. Plumps out your skin beautifully”

- Comedian and actress Miranda Hart.

“We don’t know whether the Speaker has misled the House unless there is a full investigation, but he holds such power in the House of Commons that it is very difficult to have an independent investigation”

– Tory MP Andrew Bridgen, adding that John Bercow should “consider his position” in the light of these allegations.