Quotes of the day

You’ve got to face the fact there may now be a meltdown, OK? I don’t want anybody to panic during the meltdown. No panic. Pro bono publico. It’s going to be all right in the end. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Brexit.

The Brexiters’ promise of a smooth and seamless Brexit belongs to yesteryear. We are now ushering in the era of hokey-pokey Brexit, with Theresa May only narrowly dodging another wave of Cabinet musical chairs. Liberal Democrat Brexit spokesman Tom Brake.

What a mess, what a shambles. Shadow Commons leader Valerie Vaz on the Brexit Bill.

The Grenfell Tower fire was a crime. People at the top of government and the system they created should be held to account, not just the subcontractors who screwed cladding to the side of the building. The whole regime needs to be examined. They have created a system of negligent and frankly criminal complacency. We cannot allow those at the very top to get away. Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union.

Politics is just like the X Factor for ugly people, isn’t it? Musician Ricky Wilson.