THEY SAID WHAT?

“Each day’s news cycle is bringing more head-spinning and disturbing headlines”

- Ex-US President Barack Obama.

“Fake news is going crazy!”

- US President Donald Trump hits out at critics of his talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

“I’m choked up. I can’t believe it. It’s wonderful news”

- Sir Cliff Richard after winning his privacy action against the BBC.

“Sir Cliff had privacy rights in respect of the police investigation, and the BBC infringed those rights without a legal justification”

- Mr Justice Mann awarding

damages to Sir Cliff. “Everybody hated him. I can only imagine that it’s because the Queen has so much dignity, but that he left her standing there, that is inexcusable”

- Singer Cher, above, criticises President Trump for his behaviour towards the Queen during his visit to the UK.

“It is just a silly little puppet show with lumps of wood. It does not glorify violence, there are no hidden agendas, no hurtful intentions, and no racism. It is, simply, slapstick humour. Do-gooders are killing fun and laughter in the name of being ‘PC”’

- Punch and Judy man Brian Llewellyn, who had a booking

cancelled over fears that the show glorified domestic violence.

“I am not in favour of the death penalty but in order to stop the poaching it may be necessary to eradicate a few poachers”

- Liberal Democrat peer Lord Jones of Cheltenham, on ivory poaching.