Western Mail

THEY SAID WHAT?

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“Labour is facing its own existentia­l crisis... I think there is a danger that we’re going to be destroyed as a serious credible political force unless we face up to the reality of what’s going on”

- Labour’s former Downing Street

spin doctor Alastair Campbell.

“Boris Johnson says that a no-deal Brexit is a ‘million to one’ possibilit­y. And yet he’s set up a special Cabinet committee, meeting daily, to prepare for no deal which Michael Gove says is now the Government’s ‘number one priority’. So to summarise, the Government’s number one priority is a million-toone possibilit­y”

- Labour’s Hilary Benn, chairman

of the Brexit Select Committee. “We need urgent action to tackle the climate emergency, and that means the Prime Minister immediatel­y banning fracking once and for all”

- Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

“Did someone think he might forget?”

- The BBC’s Nick Robinson on spotting Boris Johnson wearing a jacket with the words Prime Minister on the label.

“As a woman, you are constantly fighting against only being valued for your looks, because it becomes a very tenuous thing, to be defined by the gaze of others, the opinion of others”

- Actress Natalie Portman.

“I had a little wobble tonight as I felt so emotional ... I truly loved that Amber won”

- Caroline Flack, whose voice appeared to break as she read out the names of the winners of Love Island.

“The show must not go on - until we, they, all of us, are free”

- Maxine Peake, who has cancelled a play in London to highlight the plight of Palestinia­n playwright­s and other artists.

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