Words of the week

IT goes beyond an emergency for the families concerned. – Nick Hurd, Home Office Minister, on calls for the knife crime epidemic to be treated as a national emergency.

IF you look at the figures, what you see is that there’s no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers. – Prime Minister Theresa May on knife crime.

CHRIS Grayling’s incompetence has reached the point that he’s been ordered into hiding. – Shadow Transport Secretary Andy McDonald, when it emerged Health Secretary Matt Hancock would answer an urgent question on Eurotunnel.

THERE is a world beyond Europe and there will be a time beyond Brexit. – Dr Liam Fox, International Trade Secretary.

YOU don’t get any prizes for being Mr Nice Guy. – Former Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning jockey Mick Fitzgerald.

IT will be a wrench to leave. But the time feels right. – Jonathan Dimbleby, who is stepping down from Radio 4 show Any Questions? after 32 years.

A TRUE pioneer, innovator and legend. – The remaining members of The Prodigy pay tribute to Keith Flint, who died aged 49.

I HAD teachers that did things they should be ashamed of, but I didn’t have teachers that did anything to be proud. – Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs.

HE was a superstar on the field, but, quite frankly, off the field he was not a superstar at all, he was a very ordinary guy. – Sir Geoff Hurst in his eulogy at the funeral of World Cup-winning goalkeeper

Gordon Banks.

I’VE got to be honest with you, your problem is basically talent, or the lack of it. – Tony Blair recalls how a bandmate in Ugly Rumours assessed him in the 1970s.

I BELIEVE in a balanced diet, and because I’m ancient I don’t need an 8oz steak. – TV’s Mary Berry, 83,

WHAT’S Twitter? – Actress and former MP Glenda Jackson.

JUST done my back in trying to open a tin of anchovies. Update: I extracted some with a pair of forceps. Don’t ask. – TV cook Nigella Lawson.