Who said it

“It’s probably a good sign that it’s being signalled, just as last week’s sentence was a bad sign. But it feels part of the negotiations rather than the end of them” Richard Ratcliffe said he “has heard nothing” about a deal to secure his wife Nazanin Zaghari-ratcliffe’s release, which was reported on Iranian state TV yesterday.

“We’ve always worked across party lines, where other progressive parties can agree on a programme for government. That’s always been the way I approach it, I’m not interested at all in political fixes. If we need to work with other parties, let’s see if we can have a progressive programme for a progressive nation” - Welsh Labour leader Mark Drakeford hints he would be happy to form a coalition following the Welsh parliament elections.

“Politics is all about momentum and the momentum is with the independence movement”

- Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price says he expects a good result for his party in this week’s Welsh parliament elections.

“Of course, I think people expect the highest standards of those in the highest office of the land, that’s why I think people are looking at the investigations that are currently ongoing and waiting for the answers” - Douglas Ross, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, who said Boris Johnson should resign if he is found to have broken the ministerial code.

“It was a wee bit easier than expected but I’d make the batter a wee bit thicker for it next time”

- Ricky Brandon, owner of an East Kilbride chip shop, after he deep-fried a battered Colin the Caterpillar cake.