THEY SAID WHAT?

“The lying, ideological Brexiters, a moneyed elite of cynical populists, who are trying to drive us towards a calamitous exit from the EU”

– Writer Ian McEwan on what he

despises the most.

“I’m having to have special shoes made for me because Strictly didn’t have any big enough”

– BBC newsreader Kate Silverton, a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, who has size nine feet.

“I’ve only got two paces. One is stop and the other is full speed and I’ve never been good at moderation in anything”

– Broadcaster and charity worker Dame Esther Rantzen, who refuses to slow down aged 78, despite pleas by her children to do so. “So much time is wasted in Parliament. When I was an MEP votes took a matter of seconds, but in Westminster we spend 20 minutes each time walking through the lobbies. It’s archaic and it’s stupid. It makes me use the F-word more than I should”

– Caroline Lucas, Britain’s first

Green MP.

“I’ve got flaws, I’m human, I’ve made mistakes, I will make mistakes. But at the same time, I feel like, ‘Hey man, I could do a lot worse”’ – Actor Idris Elba.

“We need a war every 10 years, so we can stay match fit in case the Germans try again”

– Al Murray, the Pub Landlord.

“My biggest mistake in politics was to listen to Mrs Thatcher”

– Former Tory MP Sir Peter Tapsell, who has died aged 88.