Quotes OF THE WEEK

‘He expanded the definition of “us” and shrank the definition of “them”.’ Bill Clinton, speaking at the funeral of Martin McGuinness

‘I hope he’ll be parked in a particularly hot and unpleasant corner of hell for eternity.’ Norman Tebbit, Tory politician whose wife was paralysed in the 1984 Brighton bombing, with a rather different view of McGuinness

‘Today we meet as normal, as generations have done before us and as future generations will continue to do, to deliver a simple message: we are not afraid.’ Theresa May, speaking in parliament a day after the terror attack on Westminster ‘I guess I can’t be doing so badly, because I’m president and you’re not.’

Donald Trump, to an interviewer

‘I forgot the cameras. I just started wondering if I was going to spend my hardearned cash on the person. And believe me, when it’s your money on the line you focus quite quickly.’ Chanelle McCoy, newest Dragon on Dragons’ Den

‘It was a heartbreaking thing. I felt like a girlfriend had just broken up with me.’ Dayl Cronin, on being voted off Dancing With The Stars by the judges last weekend

‘Green tea is disgusting. I have a big cup of builder’s tea, and I have two cups of proper coffee in the morning.’ Joan Collins, actress

‘We’re being distracted from being ourselves in a world fuelled by Insta-tweet-bookface.’ Kate Winslet, actress, lamenting the overuse of social media