THEY SAID WHAT?

“Once in Parliament many women MPs find they are overtly discriminated against. They speak of being criticised for their appearance, including having the temerity to wear lipstick”

- Labour MP Harriet Harman.

“If we don’t take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon”

- TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough on climate change.

“In over three-quarters of the planet it’s still a life and death challenge being gay or lesbian or transgender. Even in the West everything is changing. We’ve made enormous progress since the days of Oscar Wilde, fantastic things have happened. But you also need to be vigilant”

- Actor Rupert Everett. “Accepting the bad days without beating yourself up is one of the most important lessons a new mum can learn”

- Singer Paloma Faith, above.

“It’s not funny unfortunately. I wish it were funny and then we’d be OK. But there’s not a single joke in Brexit. At all’ - TV’s Michael Palin.

“Everyone in the States thinks you were just picked up at a Schwab’s drugstore and you don’t know what you’re doing”

- Josh Hartnett, who has quit acting because, he says, Americans do not appreciate him.

“Donald Trump’s rise is part of an international thing. It’s happening everywhere. I think it’s called fascism. They can call it white nationalism if they like, or alt-right, but it’s that Hitlerian lie-telling”

- Comedian Sir Billy Connolly.