Mhairi Black

"I had people wanting me to write an autobiography: I was born. I went to school. I left. I fried a fish. And now I’m an MP. They were offering me a four-book deal!"

"Now the government, quite rightly, pays for me – through taxpayers money – to be able live in London whilst I serve my constituents. My housing is subsidised by the taxpayer. Now the Chancellor [then George Osborne] in his budget said, "It is not fair that families earning over £40,000 in London should have their rents paid for by other working people." But it is ok so long as youre an MP? In this budget the Chancellor also abolished any housing benefit for anyone below the age of 21. So we are now in the ridiculous situation whereby, because I am an MP, not only am I the youngest, but I am also the only 2o-year-old in the whole of the UK that the Chancellor is prepared to help with housing."

"So after spending weeks running down the clock telling us the EU will never reconsider the backstop, the Prime Minister is now going to head back to Brussels to ask them to reconsider the backstop."

"I know Im not going to become comfortable in Westminster because Im fundamentally uncomfortable there. I dont want to be there. I dont want to make decisions there."

"Anybody ever watch Gilmore Girls? Mind when Paris built herself a fort in the newsroom of the paper so nobody could talk to her? Thats the Prime Minister."

"Just seen a stag do floating down the Thames. As their boat went past, they began pointing at Parliament chanting, you dont know what youre doing, you dont know what youre doing... Probably the most accurate commentary yet."

"You sound if I head to bed, Sajid Javid? Absolutely shattered."

"Ooo Im back to being a ned this week, what a buzz. Im sure itll be back to a middle class liar with a fake accent next week though."

"Ive been challenged going into female toilets before, course I have. Are you kidding? Im the sort of person who can deal with it, but there was one time I didnt even have to and it was one of the most powerful things Ive experienced. There was a woman beside me who said [to the person questioning me] "Who the hell do you think you are, who are you to police this?" That is exactly what I needed in that situation, I didn’t have power, but the woman beside me did. In this debate, Im the person with the power and Im not leaving trans people behind."

"In recent days, footage has emerged of the former chancellor and the former chair of the 1922 committee offering their services for £60,000. On top of that, the former health secretary offered his wisdom for £10,000 a day. Can I ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he is inevitably booted out of office, what will his going rate be?"

"The Deputy Prime Minister, I thank him for his kind words and we did join this place at the same time and Im pretty sure well be leaving at the same time."

"Being trans is not something to be feared. It’s just an aspect of a human being, the same way being gay is just an aspect of who I am. [...] The only place as far as I’m concerned that my sex matters, as opposed to my gender, is in a medical setting. Thats between me and a doctor."