Today we’ve given the green light to getting North Sea gas from the Jackdaw field, investing the revenues in our clean energy future and supporting British workers. In my Budget next week, I will keep up this momentum. Maintaining our fiscal discipline and drive for growth in every postcode, while giving businesses and families some breathing space.

— John Healey; Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking in BBC live coverage on inflation figures and Budget plans

This decision will support the country’s energy security with homegrown gas this winter and help minimise the UK’s use of imported higher emission fuels as we continue our transition to renewables and nuclear.

— Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh said this in announcing Jackdaw’s approval, describing it as supporting the country’s energy security with homegrown gas this winter and reducing reliance on higher-emission imported fuels as the UK transitions to renewables and nuclear.

They chose unity, to build together, and to take care of each other.

— Mark Carney, in a statement on X after Alberta voted to remain part of Canada.

the hardest Kobe’s EVER made.

— P.J. Tucker, commenting on the all-gold Nike Kobe 6 Protro for Ring Ceremony Night

"He believes in participation in our democracy," Howard Wolfson, Mr. Bloomberg’s political adviser, said in an interview. "And obviously the scale of his participation, given his resources and his means, is greater than other people’s financially. But other people are participating in different ways."— Howard Wolfson, Mr. Bloomberg’s political adviser, said in an interview.