Words of the week

WHY is it safe to be around 50 other athletes today if you can only have groups of six on Monday? – Halifax wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft after breaking four world records last Sunday.

IT’S like sitting next to the internet with a pink shirt on. – TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson as teacher Don Fear won the £ 1m jackpot on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

AS a history teacher, my job is to know stuff. – Don Fear on his £ 1m success.

ARE we watching a computer game here? – Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher as Liverpool beat Leeds United 4- 3.

I UNDERSTAND the BBC want to take the show in a new direction and I’m sad to say goodbye. – Sue Barker who has hosted A Question of Sport for 24 years.

MIGHT be a bonus if he blows up before the St Leger. – ITV Racing host Ed Chamberlin following a loud on- air tirade by betting pundit

Matt Chapman.

D TALKS a lot about sex. – Diaries by Sasha Swire, wife of former Tory MP Sir Hugh Swire, on their friendship with David Cameron, the ex- Prime Minister.

WHEN the Queen’s Minister gives his word, on her behalf, it should be axiomatic that he will keep it, even if the consequences are unpalatable. – Geoffrey Cox QC, the former Attorney General, on Brexit.

I WAS always for keeping the Union. I think it worked. After the Brexit vote, for sure I’ve changed my tune. – Perth- born actor Ewan McGregor now backs Scottish independence.

FROM boardrooms to back doors, we shall remember. – Newspaper columnist Libby Purves on Covid’s heroes and villains.

IT’S not my cup of tea at all, I’ll be very candid about that. – Home Secretary Priti Patel, when asked if an exemption for shooting in the “rule of six” meant it was possible to have a birthday party on a grouse shoot.

I’M not really a wobbler. – Justice Secretary Robert Buckland on the furore over whether the Government is willing to break international law.