QUOTES of the week

‘Cautiously but irreversibly, step by step, jab by jab, this country is on the path to reclaiming our freedoms.’

Boris Johnson as the country marked a year since the first lockdown.

‘Get a mat, towels down, brace, brace, brace!’

Mike Tindall describes the dramatic moment his wife Zara, the Queen’s granddaughter, gave birth to the couple’s third child on their bathroom floor.

‘Plenty more to come. None of it news, of course, but that won’t stop us. The world’s media have gathered to report that there is no news. Breaking news: we have no news.’

Simon McCoy, who is leaving the BBC after 17 years, with a typically witty quip while reporting outside the Lindo Wing ahead of Prince George’s birth.

‘I would want a younger man. Isn’t that awful? It’s a thing about skin.’

Actress Jane Fonda, 83, who says she fantasises about younger lovers.

‘You silly girl.’

Councillor Michael McMullen falls victim to an unmuted mic on a Zoom meeting of East Herts District Council, after rival Mary Brady abstained.

‘My goal is to lift up critical dialogues around mental health, build supportive and compassionate communities and foster an environment for honest conversations.’

Prince Harry, who has been named as Chief Impact Officer of a Californiabased mental health app.

‘The EU’s approach to the Oxford vaccine appears to be a rare instance of wanting to have one’s cake and not eat it.’

Paul Lanham, of Bristol, in a letter to The Times.

‘It’s a burgeoning religion with no repentance and no forgiveness. I never understood how Nazi Germany could happen. Now I do.’

Actor Laurence Fox who has set up the anti-woke Reclaim Party.