Yorkshire Post

Words of the week

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NO matter what happens in the election I will not be the Arsenal manager. – Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on future job options.

I KNOW nothing about him. – President Donald trump on Jeremy Corbyn.

WE see clearly that the world’s largest emitters are not pulling their weight. – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on climate change.

THERE is clearly a little bit of an irony in glueing yourself to an electric bus. – Jo Swinson after the Liberal Democrat election bus was targeted by Extinction Rebellion.

IT speaks to this sense of grappling with our survival. – John Kelly, senior research editor for Dictionary. com on why “existentia­l” is their word of the year.

IT’S just me! - Princess Anne to her mother, the Queen, who was greeting a line of Nato leaders at Buckingham Palace.

I’M so sorry that the world won’t get to see what she could have achieved. – Criminolog­y lecturer Olivia Smith pays tribute to Saskia Jones who was killed in London Bridge terror attack.

WE know Jack would not want this terrible, isolated incident to be used as a pretext by the government for introducin­g even more draconian sentences on prisoners. - The family of Jack Merritt, 25, who was also killed by freed terroeist Usman Khan.

WE must show defiance against the coward terrorists, and remain united to rebuild our country where we can all feel safe and secure. – Leeds imam Qari Asim.

A LOVELY man with a great sense of humour. – Joe Root’s tribute to cricket legend Bob Willis.

THE ignorance and laziness present in modern times have won. – Retired journalist John Richards, 96, who is calling time on the Apostrophe Protection Society.

YOU make a film about him and the one person who is alive couldn’t care less about the movie. – Director Asif Kapadia says Diego Maradona has never seen the film he made about the former footballer.

I’M too old and too pleased with myself to be obedient. – Actor Hugh Grant, a Lib Dem supporter, does not have the discipline to become a MP.

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