“I'm sorry if people feel that there have been failings.”

—  Priti Patel

Response when asked if she would apologise for the lack of PPE for frontline workers at a Downing Street coronavirus briefings https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/11/priti-patel-says-sorry-if-people-feel-there-have-been-failings-over-ppe (11 April 2020)
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