QUOTES OF THE DAY

“So, despite fine words from @ FIFAWorldCup before event, @ Cymru rainbow bucket hats confiscated at stadium, mine included. I had a conversation about this with stewards – we have video evidence. This #WorldCup2022 just gets better but we will continue stand up for our values.”

- Former Wales international footballer Laura McAllister, below, now a professor at Cardiff University

“I voted for Brexit, I believe in Brexit and I know that Brexit can deliver, and is already delivering, enormous benefits and opportunities for the country – migration being an immediate one, where we have proper control of our borders and are able to have a conversation with the country about the type of migration that we want and need. We weren’t able to do that inside the European Union, at least now we are in control of it. When it comes to trade, it means that we can open up our country to the world’s fastest-growing markets”

- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking at the Confederation of British Industry annual conference

“It was put there to make people wonder and to bring a smile to their faces. It may not be a national monument but it is a national treasure. In 20 years I haven’t had a single complaint. After a career in journalism, it’s perhaps the one thing I’ve done in my life that no-one has ever complained about.”

- Nicholas Whitehead on his sign for the fictitious Llandegley

International Airport