The things they say
“I think this – at best – was clumsy and cowardly but, to be honest with you, if this is genuinely his view, I think we’re almost entering a Kafkaesque alternative reality where the Government set the rules, we follow them, they don’t like the results and they then deny setting the rules and blame the people that were trying to do their best. It is hugely frustrating”
– Mark Adams, chief executive of Community Integrated Care, after Boris Johnson suggested “too many” care homes did not properly follow procedures during the coronavirus
pandemic. “This is NHS Test and Trace working precisely as intended. Three pubs shut so that others can be open”
– Health Secretary Matt Hancock
as three pubs closed after drinkers tested positive for
Covid-19 following the reopening of bars on Saturday.
“There are no silver bullets, but alongside hand washing and physical distancing, we also need everyone to start wearing face coverings, particularly indoors in enclosed public spaces where physical distancing is often not possible” – Professor Venki Ramakrishnan,
president of the Royal Society.
“Thought about it and thought ‘why not.’ Happy Birthday Ringo. It’s a special one. Have a good day”
– Original Beatles drummer Pete Best wishes Sir Ringo Starr a happy 80th birthday. “This year’s theme is resilience – something all of us around the globe have understood a deep need for, specifically over recent months. And for many, digging deep to find that resilience has been a challenging experience”
– The Duke of Sussex addressing the opening ceremony of the 23rd International Aids Conference. “I look at all these people who say ‘let’s celebrate being fat’ and I think, ‘I’d love to be with you, but I know the damage it can do”’
– Women’s Hour presenter Dame Jenni Murray who paid £10,000 for weight lost surgery in 2015. “I know it’s rather inane but it was just an attempt to add some cheese-based levity to some of the darker corners of Twitter, which there seem to be an abundance of at the minute” – Cheese fan Joe Bangles, whose real name is Alan Pender, has spent the last three months on Twitter asking celebrities to name their favourite cheese.