Words of the week

WE try and get better every day. – Eddie Jones after England beta New Zealand in rugby union’s World Cup semi-final.

IT’S so much more simpler being on the field. – 2003 World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson, now a TV pundit.

BUY a poppy for poppy day, everybody. – Boris Johnson after meeting Royal British Legion volunteers in 10 Downing Street.

IT is easy to be unified when you’ve chucked out all your enemies. – Sir Nick Clegg’s former special adviser Polly Mackenzie on the state of the Tory party.

OF course I must say something. After all, he is coming to rescue me. – The Queen when asked if she’d take part in a James Bond sketch as part of the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.

SOMETIMES words are just shapes... I can see the shape but it simply has no meaning. – Labour MP Peter Kyle shares what life is like living with acute dyslexia.

I DON’T know what to do. – Dame Eleanor Laing MP, the Deputy Speaker, becomes confused by Commons procedures.

I DEFINITELY need to invest in a warm coat. – Labour MP Laura Pidcock, a Shadow Cabinet minister, on the December 12 election.

IT was very much a secretive thing, almost like a Dick Francis novel. We’ve got to get rid of that label and be open and promote how well the horses are looked after. – Grand National-winning trainer Oliver Sherwood who backs a National Racehorse Day.

IT’S too late for any of that. – What Haltemprice and Howden MP David Davis, the outgoing Brexit Secretary, said when he was offered Boris Johnson’s then job of Foreign Secretary last year.

IT’S about Grenfell. – Theresa May takes Tory MPs to task for jeering Jeremy Corbyn for the colour of his green tie on the day that the first inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy was published.

THE passenger fundamentally is not interested in whether this is nationalised or not. What they want is something that works. – Keith Williams on the Government-backed Rail Review which he is undertaking.