Words of the week

I WON’T be back. – Middlesbrough MP Andy McDonald after queueing to take part in a House of Commons vote this week.

WE need proper debate. We need to be back. We need to have a proper, full-blooded democracy, and that is what we are getting. – Commons leader Jacob ReesMogg.

IT feels criminal to be disinfecting historic furniture. – A Commons cleaner applies disinfectant to the dispatch box during Tuesday’s votes.

TOUGH luck, we don’t care. – Tory MP Robert Halfon sums up the Government’s approach towards those backbenchers still in isolation.

OUR policy is test, trace and isolate, his policy is agree, U-turn and then criticise. – Boris Johnson takes Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to task.

WE have a unique but rapidly shrinking window of opportunity to learn lessons and reset ourselves on a more sustainable path. – Prince Charles on the Covid-19 recovery.

I, LIKE many people, am shocked about how badly European, or countries around the world, have protected care home populations. – Professor Neil Ferguson, of Imperial College London.

HOPEFULLY that will have blown away the cobwebs. – Jockey James Sullivan who won horse racing’s first contest since the lockdown on Zodiakos.

PLEASE DO not sit in silence, no matter the colour of your skin. Black Lives Matter. – Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton after the death of George Floyd in America at the hands of police.

AT a time I’ve been asking people to come together, work together and be united, we appear to me more divided than ever. – Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford on the killing.

THERE definitely will be no kissing scenes. – Coronation Street actor Andrew Whyment reassures viewers safety will be paramount when filming resumes.

I’M going to miss the people. – Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, ahead of his retirement.