The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
Who said it?
“You shouldn’t do it in the first place but if you do get caught, you just take the medicine” - Former Conservative Party chairman Sir Jake Berry after allegations Home Secretary Suella Braverman asked civil servants to help her avoid incurring points on her licence for speeding.
“The onus is now on the British and Irish governments to get together and focus their efforts on the immediate restoration of the Executive and Assembly” - Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O’Neill after what she called a “momentous” election result with her party becoming the largest in councils in Northern Ireland.
“We need to do better. The DUP has had a good election but unionism needs to do better, we need to be winning more seats” - DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson.
“We have to ensure that we provide parents, schools, teachers, with really good information about what is wholesome, stimulating, good AI and what people should be aware of because government really have caught up in the last few months, but they’re still behind the curve and they never quite understand what happens in schools” - Sir Anthony Seldon, headteacher of Epsom College.
“Of course penalties and fines are paid for by the company, not by the bill-payer. But in terms of general payments, I think you’re right to say that a lot of this investment gets repaid through bills” - Environment Secretary Therese Coffey appears to accept that bill-payers will have to pick up much of the cost relating to infrastructure improvements designed to prevent sewage entering England’s seas and waterways.
“People are angry and say ‘what can I do?’, so they go and do anything because they are angry” - Arnold Schwarzenegger on disruptive climate protests.