THEY SAID WHAT?

“I am quite clear that at the moment the proposal which is on the table is a lousy proposal. Chuck Chequers is where I stand on this”

– Stanley Johnson, father of Boris

Johnson, on Brexit.

“Please don’t let’s take another 20 years before the Government bans gambling advertising, and wastes a generation of young people simply because of the tax revenue”

– Lord (Jeffrey) Archer, calling on the Tories to steal Labour’s plans on the issue.

“I’m never hurt by the insult about my squiffy eyes”

– Broadcaster Evan Davis.

“I stay home in the evenings, I go to the gym and stay fit. It’s like being a nun. By the end I’m exhausted. Never mind Lady Gaga, it’s Bruno Gaga”

– Bruno Tonioli, a Strictly Come Dancing judge on the demands of the show. “Brexit is the greatest and most imminent source of uncertainty looming over this Budget. It’s just stating the obvious to say that the nature of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU could upend the economic forecasts on which this Budget is based”

– Senior Tory MP Nicky Morgan,

above.

“Often I cook with my mum but that’s a horrendous combination – we fight like nothing on earth. More like combat”

– TV’s Adrian Chiles.

“If somebody in the crowd spits at you, you’ve got to swallow it”

– Football pundit Gary Lineker jokes about his playing days.

“I find it hard to relax around any man who’s got the second button on his shirt undone”

– Actor Bill Nighy