article_snippet.sent: Mr Thomas said Mr Thomas made the comments as 'a young student' and Mr Thomas no longer held those views.
article_snippet.sent: In a statement Mr Thomas said: 'I apologise wholeheartedly for the comments as 'a young student', made while I was a young student.
article_snippet.sent: These are not my views now and I deeply regret writing this post online. '
article_snippet.sent: Most will have said or thought things when things were young and at university, college or school that things now regret.