Words of the week

HE is consistent only in his opportunism, whereas we get on with our agenda: build, build, build for jobs, jobs, jobs. – Boris Johnson takes Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to task.

I DON’T think either of us are row people. I see him every single day. We debate things together as you would imagine. – Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Boris Johnson.

I HAD my hair cut yesterday and am very relieved about it. – Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock, speaking on the 72nd anniversary of the NHS.

I WATCH absolute minimal TV. Apart from being depressing politically, some of the views are not balanced. They are not fair. – Actor Vinnie Jones, the former footballer.

I TOOK my kids to see a screening of the movie. I hadn’t seen it for years and years, and I was staggered. You couldn’t write that now. – Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding.

WE just have to keep our fingers crossed that we don’t see the second wave, but I think it’s lovely to see how everybody’s working together. – The Duchess of Cornwall on Covid-19.

WHAT was crystal clear is that drunk people can’t / won’t socially distance. – John Apter, chairman of the Police Federation, on the reopening of pubs.

DO it your way. – England cricket captain Joe Root’s advice to Ben Stokes, the team’s stand-in skipper.

WHEN you look across the Commonwealth, there is no way that we can move forward unless we acknowledge the past. –

The Duke of Sussex.

WE know white lives matter, but I don’t think you know black lives matter. – Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding.

I’M driving otherwise I would have been joining you. On local engagements I drive myself most of the time. – The Countess of Wessex opts out of having a drink during a visit to a country pub.

THE young must read about the old, the French must read about the British, we must read about the Chinese, that is the way actually this world will improve. – Author Sir Michael Morpurgo on the importance of empathy.