THEY SAID WHAT?

“What I can say is that America - the United States, Washington - the UK plus the European Union have one thing we absolutely all want to do and that is to uphold the Belfast Good Friday Agreement and make sure we keep the balance of the peace process going”

- Boris Johnson on the ongoing row over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

“We affirmed the special relationship - that is not said lightly - the special relationship between our people and renewed our commitment to defending the enduring democratic values that both our nations share”

- US President Joe Biden talks up the revitalised Atlantic Charter

agreed with Mr Johnson. “Notifications are blowing up. *checks news* Ah. There’s an eclipse”

- Singer Bonnie Tyler, above, pokes fun at a partial solar eclipse above the UK sky.

“The clear advice at the time was that there’s only a limited period that people would put up with it, would put up with lockdown. Now that proved actually to be wrong”

- Matt Hancock gives his explanation to MPs on why lockdown was delayed at the start of the pandemic.

“Oxford’s brilliant academics are rightly renowned for their dedication to teaching, so I am deeply disappointed that some of my colleagues would choose to punish students, and prospective students, for the actions of their college’s governing body”

- Professor Louise Richardson, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, criticises a boycott by lecturers over the statue of Cecil Rhodes.