THEY SAID WHAT?

“The Home Secretary is doing an outstanding job - delivering change, putting police on the streets, cutting crime and delivering a new immigration system - and I’m sticking by her”

- Boris Johnson gives a public show of support to Home Secretary Priti Patel as she faced further allegations about bullying behaviour.

“Three months ago, I entered the race for President to defeat Donald Trump. Today, I am leaving the race for the same reason: to defeat Donald Trump - because it is clear to me that staying in would make achieving that goal more difficult”

- Billionaire Mike Bloomberg announces his departure from the race to be the Democrats’ nominee for US president and endorses Joe Biden instead.

“The result of the EU referendum in June 2016 is right up there with England winning the World Cup for rugby 16 years ago. It’s right up there with the look on John Bercow’s face when I told him to apologise for calling me a stupid woman, and it is a bit behind the happiness of my wedding day”

- Former business secretary Andrea Leadsom, above, continues her ongoing feud with John Bercow as she makes a personal statement following her departure from the Cabinet.

“We must not let Brexit define us or define Europe. Yes, it is defining the UK, and probably will for the next few decades. But we are in control of our destiny, and we must decide how we want to shape it”

- Irish premier Leo Varadkar says Brexit must not define Ireland or the European Union as he speaks at a conference at Trinity College Dublin.