article_snippet: I certainly now appreciate it was wrong and completely open to misinterpretation.'
article_snippet: I said something rather hurriedly, without considering the position, without thinking of the consequences and the trauma, the heartache and distress that the inference would have caused to those people who were already in a deep state of shock, who were distressed. '
article_snippet: Under the circumstances, with my limited ability, I accept it was a mistake - a mistake I shouldn't have made, a mistake I regret bitterly. '
article_snippet: It was a grave mistake and I apologise profusely.'