The things they say…
“I will once again be pushed, pulled, cajoled and coaxed around the dancefloor in all manner of ways. Who knows, they might even fire me out of a cannon” – Former Tory minister Ann
Widdecombe, who is included in the line-up for the Strictly Come Dancing
Christmas Special. “Calling something a glass ceiling is almost more of a reason for someone to want to go and smash it”
– Singer Danny O’Donoghue. “Now we find in the Conservative Party that we frequently congratulate ourselves because we’ve had two female prime ministers, but actually, whilst that is something to celebrate, it is certainly not something to hide behind”
– Tory MP Eddie Hughes. “What the workplace shouldn’t be about is bullying, and what it shouldn’t be about is suppressing people. Everybody should have a voice, otherwise why be in business in the first place?” – Retail expert and TV presenter Mary Portas. “Hierarchy is written into the very fabric of this building – there are members-only bars and canteens, committee rooms have members-only doors, there are membersonly lifts, members-only corridors, members-only stairwells. All of this compounds a sense of us and them for the thousands of nonmembers who work here”
– Tory Party vice-chairman Helen Whately on the Palace
of Westminster. “I want to put on a stupid voice and not have to wear make-up to work. What a dream” – Actress Carey Mulligan, who wants a role in an
animated film. “I’m a pet, I stay indoors and try not to bark at the window” – Former Labour leader Ed Miliband is no fan of
fireworks.
“There isn’t one law for the famous and one for the rest of the community” – Mr Justice Mostyn ticks off Ant McPartlin’s lawyers over the TV star’s failure to attend a court hearing relating to his divorce.