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‘NO. I don’t believe there are aliens eager to come here. Why would they, with Jeremy Corbyn leading the Labour Party and maybe Trump as President? It’s a good planet to keep away from.’

Film critic Barry norman when asked if

he believed in aliens ‘I SPENT a long time believing that Shelley was a dead white poet with nothing to say to me — but then I discovered he was a rather revolutionary chap with a crazy sex life.’ Benjamin Zephaniah, rastafarian dub poet

‘I QUITE like Boris Johnson. I like Trump. No rationale, no political correctness. Maybe it’s time for characters. Some of our greatest leaders were great characters.’

Bee Gee Barry Gibb ‘LOVE is ever more confusing for me, and it changes all the time.’ Poldark’s aidan Turner

‘IT’S not true I think politicians are a bunch of scoundrels. There are some noble people as well as charlatans.’

Jeremy Paxman