QUOTES of the week

‘It’s my kind of place – safe streets, discipline in schools, a heavy emphasis on new mass-transit systems. Even if they are a bit stereotypical about Daddy Pig.’

Boris Johnson urges business leaders to visit Peppa Pig World.

‘Ofsted will be visiting tomorrow.’

Twitter user after Oxford college St Hilda’s was trounced by Trinity, Cambridge by 235 points to 45 on University Challenge.

‘There is an obsessive fear of personal error and criticism, a culture of groupthink and risk aversion that stifles initiative and encourages foot-dragging.’

Vaccines tsar Dame Kate Bingham issues a stark warning about the Whitehall machine.

‘They should reflect on the fact I’ve now received so many death threats I could paper the house with them and I haven’t stopped speaking out.’ J.K. Rowling attacks trans activists who leaked online her address.

‘Seriously? It’s OK to be an MP on a Caribbean island but if you bring your baby to work you get a reprimand.’

Health policy writer Natasha Loder can’t believe Sir Geoffrey Cox spent time in the British Virgin Islands but Labour’s Stella Creasy was banned from bringing her three-month-old son into the Commons.

‘Parents who get paid a fraction of what you do pay for childcare so they can go to work. What makes you so special?’ Tory MP Scott Benton is less than sympathetic to Ms Creasy’s plight.

‘I don’t want to change my clothes every time something feels tight so I go, “Right, no cheese, no butter, no wine.” ’ Actress Jenny Agutter on the simple routine she uses to maintain her figure.

‘I’d like to thank the Prime Minister, my wife, the CCTV guy at the Department of Health...’ Sajid Javid who returned to the Cabinet following Matt Hancock’s infamous kiss on camera, receives The Spectator’s Comeback of the Year award.