THEY SAID WHAT?
“If you’re asking me do I accept a big share of the blame for the difficulties that we face in our country, do I think about it every day, does it pain me enormously to see our politics frozen and our society divided, yes it does. And I do take my share of responsibility for that”
- David Cameron to John Humphrys on Radio 4
“Politics, at one level, is like any other profession. If you spend your life thinking about it, working on it, and studying it, you probably know more about politics than somebody who doesn’t. In any other walk of life, we’d say that’s natural, in politics we describe that as elitist”
- former prime minister Tony Blair.
“It’s a lovely little life surprise. It’s a lovely thing”
- Outnumbered actress Claire Skinner, above, on her real-life romance with co-star Hugh Dennis
“I believe we need the BBC as much now as we have ever done. I simply cannot imagine this country without it. It is an unthinkable thought”
- John Humphrys, who has left his role on the Today programme
“It shouldn’t be beyond the capacity of political leadership in the UK and here and in Northern Ireland to protect the livelihoods of the people we represent”
- Micheal Martin, Fianna Fail leader
“If we are to encourage our pupils to be confident individuals that effectively contribute to society on global themes including sustainability, we shouldn’t seek to punish them when they campaign for global sustainability”
- Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) general secretary Larry Flanagan, who urged local authorities not to punish pupils who take part in youth climate strikes