Suddenly sorry seems to be the newest word
Rusty Ruairi was at it yesterday, admitting blunders in his plan to cut teachers from disadvantaged schools while putting his ministerial maladroitness down to being “out of practice”.
He certainly is. He’s clearly forgotten that the official procedure when caught out on a bad decision is to first say nothing, then claim your intentions were misunderstood, then blame someone else, then attack your attackers and finally announce a line has been drawn in the sand.
