Words of the week

THEY reckon I am half-Gary,

half-Phil. – Tracey Neville, coach of England’s Commonwealth Games-winning netballers, on her footballing siblings.

I HOPE I might arrange a dress rehearsal before

Igo.– Actor Sir Ian McKellen, who is reportedly planning his own funeral and memorial service. THE Home Office has become too concerned with policy and strategy and lost sight of the individual. – Home Secretary Amber Rudd on the Windrush immigration scandal. IT is a day of national shame, inhumane and cruel. – Labour MP David Lammy on the Windrush people.

I THOUGHT I was only here for

half an hour. – Tory MP Anna Soubry when asked by a LBC radio presenter ‘What is the problem with Boris Johnson?’ RECENTLY, our Government published its 25year plan for the environment. God help us. Words, most of the important ones missing, and target dates set so long into the future I nearly wept. – Springwatch TV star Chris Packham.

IT was the hardest decision I will

ever make in my lifetime. – Neville Lawrence, who has forgiven the gang who killed his son Stephen 25 years ago. I HAVE actually won the Grand National thousands of times, in races with my cousins, friends and siblings. – Jockey Davy Russell on his childhood before winning the National on Tiger Roll. I’M now in my 34th year as a performer, and I’ll never go out of fashion because I was never in fashion. – Singer Michael Ball.

I MARRIED the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children, they just about throw up. – Barbara Bush, former White House First Lady.

TO us, she was so much more. Mom kept us on our toes and kept us laughing until the end. – President George W Bush on the death of his mother Barbara, a former First Lady of the USA. I WOULD rather be called a serial killer than fat. –TV game show host Dale Winton, who has died aged 62.