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Soundbites of the Week

“It’s almost as if this buzzy dining capital of London has become a one-man show.”
Richard Harden, co-editor of Harden’s London restaurant guide, on Gordon Ramsay, who has five restaurants listed among London’s top 10.

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“Sargassum is unwelcome.”
Fiona Manson, of Scottish Natural Heritage, deplores the spread of the Japanese seaweed that threatens the oyster beds of Loch Fyne.

“It would be a truly abysmal situation if she were to be obliged to wait.”
Lord Macphail awards £1m to Aduke Fernandez after her husband, Chief Oladeinde Fernandez, missed a divorce hearing at the Court of Session.

“The figures reflect the social inequalities in the UK.”
Ian Banks, of Men’s Health Forum, on statistics showing Scottish men were twice as likely to commit suicide as English counterparts.

“They won’t interrupt a buyer’s social life and they don’t need milking early in the morning.”
Ally Logan, auctioneer at Perth bull sales, where exhibits from the Edinburgh Cow Parade art project are to be sold off.

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“Firefighters cannot, and will not, pick and choose to whom they offer fire safety advice.”
A spokesman for the Strathclyde fire service, after nine firefighters were disciplined for refusing to offer safety advice at a gay pride march.