“Rural people are fed up with being used as a political football”
Darren Hughes, spokesman for the Countryside Alliance, which accuses Tony Blair of using the hunting issue to placate some backbenchers
“They say evacuate, but they don’t say how I’m supposed to do that”
Latonya Hill, 57, one of the 1.2 million residents of New Orleans who have been advised to leave as Hurricane Ivan approaches
“This is entertainment, not Judaism”
Uri Orbach, a phone-in host on Israeli Army Radio, comments on Madonna’s visit to the country for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which began yesterday
“Apart from the usual bits and bobs, women really do carry a lot of valuable items in their handbags without actually realising it”
Nicole Dodunski, Prudential spokeswoman, on a survey which finds that British women drastically underestimate the value of their handbag contents. On average, they are worth more than £500
“We will sever the head of all those who deal with the infidel occupation forces”
A masked Iraqi speaks on videotape to announce the release of a Turkish hostage just before the discovery of three beheaded bodies on a road north of Baghdad
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“The way I was at the time (young, single), there’s no way I would have refused a knee-trembler over an old oak desk with someone that darkly strange”
Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of the Prime Minister, on seeing Tory leader Michael Howard “stalking” through the House of Commons lobby