THEY SAID WHAT?

“I will fight the next election. I’m not a quitter, I’m in it for the long term and I believe there is a long-term job to do” The Prime Minister, who was 61

yesterday.

“It seems a pretty dysfunctional Government. I can’t imagine what it’s like sitting around a table with their Brexit negotiating team, because there are three or four people with three or four completely different opinions” Jeremy Corbyn, adding that Boris Johnson’s latest outburst threatened a trade war with Europe

“Close up I look my age but I probably look OK for my age because I take care of myself and I want to be able to work until the lights go out” Singer Lulu, 68, who says she has given up dating but still goes out with men

“Diana used to giggle when I impersonated Charles and she loved getting me to wind people up” Ken Wharfe, Princess Diana’s former bodyguard

“I am not a sex magnet, but more like a fridge magnet” Comedian Brian Conley whose tango left him at the bottom of the Strictly Come Dancing leader board

“People are fed up with Tory wars and Brexit mixed messages. Boris Johnson must grow up or go” Tory MP Anna Soubry, a Remainer

“My own children don’t believe me, but I am part Brazilian. I took a test. I spat in a jar and they tested it, and it’s true, I am Brazilian”

Jonathan Ross