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To me, everything about this is really problematic. Car races can happen anywhere. This is not an ideal area for that. Why is this happening at all? It would not happen under any other administration.

— Mary Okin, assistant director of the Living New Deal, told ABC News.

Every decision I’ve taken has been about putting the country I love first, that is why I will resign as leader of the Labour Party. I have spoken to His Majesty the King this morning to inform him of my decision.

— Sir Keir Starmer, addressing the nation outside Downing Street as he resigns

It seems that a lot of money has just been wasted. If Charles doesn’t want to live there, that’s fine, but it should be totally opened up full-time with all the ticket sales going back to the treasury to pay for the refurbishment work. It’s outrageous.

— Norman Baker, royal finances expert and author, told the Mirror that much money had been wasted and that if Charles doesn’t want to live there, the palace should be opened up full-time with all ticket sales going back to the treasury to fund the refurbishment.

The mortality rate of the hantavirus type in the southwestern United States is between 38 and 50 percent.

— Heather Jarrell, a medical investigator, warned at the time about the mortality rate of this hantavirus type in the southwestern United States.

This is not just a paint job, like lowlife 'reporter,' David Fahrenthold, of the NYT so inaccurately and maliciously stated, it is a deeply complicated work of smart and beautiful construction.

— Donald Trump in a Truth Social post defending the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation

Above all else, let me be clear today: the Scottish Government will stand with the city of Glasgow as it recovers from the fire. Given the significant cost the city faces, we will back those costs with cash.

— First Minister John Swinney, speaking to MSPs in Holyrood; pledged to support the rebuild and back costs with cash.