Words of the week

SHE has made me braver. She has made me stand up for myself more. – Sporty Spice Melanie Chisholm on her daughter Scarlett.

SHE wrote her number down on her train ticket, which I still have. – David Beckham on how he met his wife Victoria.

WELL it didn’t do badly for an old fat guy who can’t punch, did I? – Tyson Fury after being crowned WBC world heavyweight champion.

FOR anyone about to vent their rage online, even to a company please remember there’s a human on the other end of it and try to be kind. – Yorkshire Tea responds to the online abuse it received after Chancellor Rishi Sunak shared an image of himself with its teabags.

IF we continue to blame government and only government, then we will get nowhere. – Carrie MacEwan, chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.

HE’S made it clear that we are all just to call him Harry. – Former Labour adviser and broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika said the Duke of

Sussex asked to be introduced just as Harry at a tourism event in Scotland.

THAT purplish-haired puffball. – How Parliamentary sketch writer Quentin Letts described Tory grandee Sir John Hayes MP.

MAYBE if you call me again in 14 days you will have a headcase on your hands. – Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow goes into selfisolation over the coronavirus outbreak after returning from Iran.

IT has always been the case that advisers advise, minsters decide and minsters decide on their advisers.

– Sajid Javid explains why he resigned as Chancellor.

THERE are small family farms and they get hurt too. – NFU president Minette Batters urges celebrity activists to be careful of the consequences of their calls for people to ditch eating meat.

I AM not a glass-half-empty person. – Former Transport Secretary Chris Grayling.

I’VE waited all my life to be famous. - Great-great grandmother Doris Cleife on turning 100 on February 29 despite it technically being only her 25th birthday.