Who said it?

“Appalled that Sir Salman Rushdie has been stabbed while exercising a right we should never cease to defend. Right now my thoughts are with his loved ones. We are all hoping he is okay.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson after Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage in New York. “It’ll take weeks of rain, we’ll need probably average or slightly above average rainfall this autumn into this winter for us to not be in a drought next year.” - John Curtin of the Environment Agency.

“I am excited about it, especially because of Ukraine, my heart and everyone’s heart goes out to Ukraine and this is a chance to represent them and do right by them, it is so touching, I think it is going to be an amazing year.” 1969 Eurovision winner Lulu, speaking after seven UK cities were shortlisted to host the

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in place of Ukraine.

“It continues to help protect consumers, but the reason I brought the industry in yesterday was to look at where there is market failure, where can we help more that would actually bring the energy price cap down?” - Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi on the energy price cap as the latest warning suggests bills across the United Kingdom could nearly top £5,300 by the spring.

“The Labour Party actually has been all over this for the best part of a year because energy prices and what we would do about them was the dominant theme of our conference last year.” - Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer defends his party against claims that its has not been leading on the cost-ofliving crisis.