Western Morning News (Saturday)
The things they say
■ “We have been deeply touched and continue to be reminded that Philip had such an extraordinary impact on countless people throughout his life” – On her 95th birthday, the Queen thanks well-wishers across the globe for the support she has received following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.
■ “James, I am First Lord of the Treasury and you can take it that we are backing you to do what you need”
– A text from Boris Johnson to Sir James Dyson over the tax status of his workers, after he was directly lobbied by the entrepreneur when he was seeking to build ventilators at the height of the coronavirus crisis.
■ “I’m glad the united voice of football fans has been heard and listened to. It is now really important that we use this moment to secure the future health of the game at all levels”
– The Duke of Cambridge reacts to the “big six” English football clubs withdrawing from the proposed European Super League.
■ “This is the most distrustful, awful environment I’ve ever worked in, in Government. Almost nobody tells the truth, is what I’ve worked out over the last 36 hours”
– Former veterans minister Johnny Mercer criticises the Government following his departure.
■ “I can’t stress enough to the Prime Minister, if one has to, to please put this into law now, to stop people from dying”
– Rosamund Kissi-Debrah urges Mr Johnson to follow recommendations on tougher legal pollution targets following the death of her daughter Ella, nine, from a fatal asthma attack in 2013.
■ “I never actually intended to, I just got swept up in it because the kids on my site, on my Twitter feed, started sending me these pictures and it was all ‘free Kaavan, free Kaavan’. And I looked at the pictures and they were terrible but I thought, ‘I can’t do anything’, so I didn’t answer them and thought eventually they’ll just stop. But they didn’t and so I started to get involved”
– Cher on how the power of social media led her to help save the “world’s loneliest elephant”.