THEY SAID WHAT?

“They want a people’s vote. So what was 2016 then? A penguins’ vote?” – Pro-Brexit Tory grandee Lord Ashcroft taunts the Remainers.

“I am completely committed to having a democratic public vote to prevent the whole Brexit thing screwing us up for the future”

– Sir Bob Geldof.

“There are two things any financial service organisation has ... one is our financial strength and the second is our reputation. And what RBS did 10 years ago, it had lost both of those. It got very close to collapse and with that went its financial reputation”

– Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan on the effects of the 2008 financial crisis.

“Rule of life: you don’t have to be a Tory in order to be friends with one. Even if they end up being Prime Minister”

– Actress Helena Bonham Carter,

pictured, on David Cameron. “He’s enthusiastically associated himself with groups and interests which I would not say were the friends of the British nation”

Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of MI6, on Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

“I wanted to use the show as a tool to learn how to let go and feel sexy. I used to feel like this some years ago and would like to get a small bit of it back”

Katie Piper on being a contestant

on Strictly Come Dancing.

“Marriage is like throwing yourself into a river when you only wanted a drink of water”

– Actor Sir David Jason.