THEY SAID WHAT?

“At this rate we will be lucky to have any Conservative MPs at the next election”

– Conservative former home secretary Suella Braverman, below “Look at Ben Houchen, he made the most of the opportunities around Brexit, is a plain-speaking northerner, and he won. It’s rubbish saying we’ve got to go to the centre of politics, it’s rubbish. I mean he lost his seat, it’s rubbish”

– Conservative former minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns disagrees with former West Midlands mayor Andy Street

“Our aim is to win a majority, to govern, to meet the mood for change, and we’re not planning any alliances or pacts with anyone”

– Labour’s national campaign co-ordinator Pat McFadden rules out a deal with other parties

“I don’t really care that much about that man, so that’s all right”

– Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, when asked about Roy Keane’s description of him as “almost League Two level”

“A lot of the contestants and myself have been having a lot of comments that are like ‘You are complicit in a genocide by taking part in Eurovision’ which is quite extreme. It’s very extreme. I understand where that sentiment is coming from but I think it’s not correct”

– UK Eurovision entry Olly Alexander on criticism of Israel’s

inclusion in the song contest

“It is difficult for us at this time to process what has happened to him and that he will never come home. Daniel had left the house for school and then he was gone”

– The family of Daniel Anjorin pay tribute to the 14-year-old victim

of the Hainault sword attack