Nicola Sturgeon says of Keir Starmer to Lewis Goodall that if there’s a hung parliament after the next election…
“…he will be biting the hand off the SNP leader to try to work together”.
Responding to accusations of institutional racism spokesman for the Guardian victim blamed…
“We are concerned that some former colleagues and contributors have not had a good experience working with us, but we are disappointed they have chosen to write a partial reflection of their time at the Guardian.”
Rees-Mogg on his monthly ConservativeHome podcast:
“Boris infuriates dull people. So dull people get frightfully upset that somebody who’s much more interesting than them, cleverer than them, has been so much more successful. They’re worthy and decent and dull.”
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy tells LBC: “We are an important power, we’ve got these amazing assets like the Premier League, the BBC, LBC… you!”
Ferrari: “I hear barrels being scraped now, but do go on”
Starmer responded to being asked about Rosie Duffield feeling like being in the Labour Party was like being in an abusive relationship…
“I’m very concerned that all of our discussions in the Labour party and in politics are discussions that we have with respect and with tolerance. And they’re the principles and the values that I want to see in our Labour party and that I insist on in our Labour party, whether it’s Rosie Duffield or anybody else. There will be differences of opinion, of course there will, but respect and tolerance are the values that we must have in all those debates.”
Starmer was later asked to respond specifically following reports of his aide Matthew Doyle’s comments about Rosie Duffield whether those principles he referred to stretched to his own aides. He said…
“Respect and tolerance are values of the entire Labour party. Of course I know there are strong and differing opinions on a number of issues. But respect and tolerance are there as my values, Labour party values, whatever we’re discussing.”
Boris speaking to Sky about the Sunday Times Richard Sharp story:
“This is a load of complete nonsense, absolute nonsense. Let me just tell you, Richard Sharp is a good and man but he knows absolutely nothing about my personal finances – I can tell you that for 100% ding dang sure. This is just another example of the BBC disappearing up its own fundament.”
