The things they say
NONAGRAM
“All three First Division judges have decided that the PM’s advice to the HM the Queen is justiciable (capable of challenge), that it was motivated by the improper purpose of stymying Parliament and that it, and what has followed from it, is unlawful”
– a summary of the Scottish court ruling
again the suspension of Parliament. “We concluded that the decision of the Prime Minister was not justiciable. It is not a matter for the courts”
– three senior judges in London reach the opposite conclusion about the same thing.
“For the Government to carry out such a huge slaughter of a protected species at a time when no parliamentary scrutiny can take place is an unforgivable act of ecological vandalism and a national disgrace”
– Dominic Dyer of the Badger Trust on the
extension of the culling programme. “They were talking about... how Hollywood ladies are so silly, and especially that Renee Zellweger”
– the actress recalls a conversation she
overheard on the underground. “It is devastating. You know it’s going to be a big loss but you don’t really know how it is going to feel. I don’t know if you ever fully get over it”
– Jonathan Ross on the death of his mother.
“Dear Mr President, I hereby resign, effective immediately, as assistant to the president for national security affairs. Thank you for having afforded me this opportunity to serve our country”
– US Secretary of State John Bolton’s
resignation letter.