Words of the week

EVERY day a distinguished pink newspaper manages to make Eeyore look positively exuberant. – Boris Johnson takes a swipe at the Financial Times.

WEAK leadership is having a Cabinet of yes men, weak leadership is having a team of people who only agree with you. – Prime Minister Theresa May.

PEOPLE are fed up with Tory wars and Brexit mixed messages. Boris Johnson must grow up or go. – Tory MP Anna Soubry, a Remainer.

IF you ignore young people, you perish. – Bear Grylls, chief scout and TV adventurer warns the Conservative Party.

TWO feet move your body. Four hooves move your soul. – Top jockey Oisin Murphy after winning his first Group One race on the racehorse Aclaim.

CLOSE up I look my age but I probably look OK for my age because I take care of myself and I want to be able to work until the lights go out. – Singer Lulu, 68, who says she has given up dating but still goes out with men.

DIANA used to giggle when I impersonated Charles and she loved getting me to wind people up. – Ken Wharfe, Princess Diana’s former bodyguard.

A CALLER rang my show, and just at the end said: ‘Jeremy, I think you can actually win Strictly’. Then she went on ‘I was born blind’. – Broadcaster Jeremy Vine.

THE Queen is the most extraordinary person, one of the most extraordinary people I have ever met, in every possible way. – The Archbishop of Canterbury.

AS modern life has become ever more digitised, the loneliness of the elderly has intensified. – Joanna Lumley.

IT was so amazing that I licked the examiner’s face. I can still taste him. – TV’s Claudia Winkleman on passing her driving test after several failed attempts.

I WOULD love to see it, the audience would love to see it, and I am available. – Actor David Harewood on the question of a black James Bond.

I’LL run out of life before I run out of ideas. – Veteran actor Robert Redford, 81.