“He lurches sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left. But always in the direction of his own self interest.”

"Passionate, believable, articulate and dynamic. Everything Boris Johnson will never be."

“I will never be silenced by abuse, but this raises serious questions for the Conservatives about the prevalence of anti-Black racism in their party.”

"Ten points and a full house to whoever had olive oil and bananas on their Boris Johnson speech bingo card."

Centre for European Reform figures show that by the end of last year, the economy was 5% - or £31 billion - smaller than it would have been if the UK had stayed in the EU.

"This is actually the first report on UK TV I've actually seen which calls a spade a spade and calls out the "economic damage of Brexit - not Covid."

"An absolute master when it comes to protecting his own money. A complete liability when it comes to protecting ours…"

There is concern the protocol row would be used to create a “punch up with the EU” and as “red meat, dead cats, play-things, distractions either to salve the appetites of the European Research Group, shore up the robustness of the Prime Minister or get editorial red tops on side”.

Richard Madeley asked whether she would consider starting things back up again if Boris Johnson was still single.