The things they say
NONAGRAM “I cannot stand by as good, loyal moderate Conservatives are expelled”
– Amber Rudd quits the Cabinet and the Conservative Party in protest at Boris Johnson’s handling of Brexit “It’s been a rough week, but the reality is the Prime Minister is sticking to his guns on what he said to get us out of this rut that we’re in”
– Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab backs Boris Johnson “I don’t think the meeting tomorrow is a high stakes meeting, as I don’t anticipate a big breakthrough tomorrow, if we come to an agreement that agreement will happen in October at the EU summit”
– Irish premier Leo Varadkar on his talks with Boris Johnson in Dublin on Monday “I think we need to have a conversation on what it means to be a Republican. I think that as the Republican Party, we have lost our way”
– former South Carolina governor and congressman Mark Sanford launching a longshot Republican challenge to President Donald Trump. “You’re never described as openly gay at a party – ‘This is my openly gay friend Darren’, ‘She’s openly Irish’. It implies a defiance I don’t feel”
– Actor Andrew Scott says the term does not reflect who he is “Those who know me, admittedly it’s always after a few beers, but I love music and I love to dance”
– Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher after joining Strictly Come Dancing when Jamie Laing was injured