Words of the week

I WILL probably win. I’m ready to be prime minister tomorrow. –

A confident Jeremy Corbyn, Labour leader, looks forward to the next general election. MUCH of it pollutes political debate with daily doses of personal venom and infantile nonsense that degrades our democracy. – Baroness (Betty) Boothroyd, former Speaker, on social media. IN voting as you think fit, on any political issue, you as MPs are never mutineers, you are never traitors, you are never malcontents, you are never enemies of the people. – Commons Speaker John Bercow.

OLD age is not for the weak. Be prepared. – Retired racehorse trainer Jenny Pitman, 71.

I DIDN’T imagine I was ever going to win this. –

Sir Mo Farah on winning BBC Sports Personality of the Year. IT’S a massive, massive honour to get something like that. –

Dame Jessica EnnisHill on winning Sports Personality’s lifetime achievement award. HOW you shut down the internet for a day I don’t know but if anyone has an idea I would back it in the House of Lords. –

The Bishop of Chelmsford on the Christmas Day online bargain-hunters. I WAS black and bloody blue. – Coronation Street actor Daniel Brocklebank after being locked in a car boot as part of the soap’s story line. DO I need a British accent? –

Ex-US president Barack Obama ahead of his BBC radio interview conducted by Prince Harry. I’M going to lie in a dark room for about a week and sleep. –

Actor Joe McFadden on his plans after winning Strictly Come Dancing. THE wedding of Harry and Meghan in May next clashes with the Connacht Sheep Shearing Championships in Corofin, Co Galway. –

Declan Varley, editor of the Galway Advertiser on the Royal wedding. AUSTRALIA are on course for a whitewash against a washed-out opponent.

–The Australian newspaper on cricket’s Ashes.