QUOTES of the week

‘Oh look! It’s his personal signed copy.’

George Osborne

mocks John McDonnell after the Shadow Chancellor brandishes a copy

of Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book during the Autumn Statement debate.

‘What next… Drizzle Deidre?’

Jeremy Paxman

ridicules the decision by British meteorologists to give storms names.

‘If we had not invaded Iraq those four men would not have gone out and killed 52 Londoners.’

Ken Livingstone sparks fury for suggesting that Tony Blair was responsible for the deaths

during the July 7 bombings.

‘I actually love being in menopause. I feel settled being older. I feel happy that I have grown up. I don’t want to be young again.’

Angelina Jolie is determined to grow old gracefully.

‘In Hollywood, a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.’

US comedienne Rita Rudner outlines the perils of relationships

between film stars.

‘If we don’t act now, when our friend and ally France has been struck in this way, then our friends and allies can be forgiven for asking, “If not now, when?”’

David Cameron

implores MPs to back British air strikes against Islamic State in Syria.

‘If Alex Salmond was chocolate, he’d eat himself.’

Labour spokesman after the SNP MP missed the PM’s Syria statement in the Commons to unveil

a portrait of himself in Edinburgh.

‘Well if you weren’t so disgustingly dressed…’

Uber taxi driver

to actress Frances Barber, who remarked about the cold weather.

‘I believe in tradition and insist on the two-finger salute in London.’

London Mayor Boris Johnson, who was subjected to a rude one-fingered gesture by a fellow cyclist.

‘I’m probably the most famous Bond actor in the world and I’ve not even played the role.’

Idris Elba,

who is often tipped as a future 007.

‘In eight years I’ve gone from Cartier jewellery to oven gloves. Shocking!’

TV presenter Amanda Lamb

is not impressed with her husband’s choice of Christmas gifts for her.