Quotes of the week

We have got five weeks to change the course of the next five years Labour campaign chief Andrew Gwynne tries to rally the party after its biggest local election rout in decades There are some in Brussels who do not want these talks to succeed, who do not want Britain to prosper Theresa May accuses Eurocrats of trying to sabotage Brexit I will express myself in French because English is losing importance in Europe EU chief Jean-claude Juncker’s jokey swipe I know I’ll get a bucket of wotsit poured all over me, but I really do feel passionate about this Tony Blair announces his return to frontline politics I mis-spoke – but I do know my figures Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott suffers a numbers meltdown during an interview on recruiting more police You’re about to see the world’s most experienced plaque unveiler Prince Philip opens a new stand at Lord’s cricket ground – before announcing he’s retiring from public duties Truthfully, I could drink a Russian under the table with his own vodka Brad Pitt swaps alcohol for cranberry juice and declares his hellraising days are over I think I’ll find a use for it, maybe as starter fuel Surfer Matthew Bryce vows to burn his board after drifting for 32 hours in the Irish Sea He became my best friend

David Suchet says he misses Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot four years after giving up the role