Not many polikticians when faced with their career going down the plug would say:
"If I could in anything I say relieve any pain anyone feels I would not hesitate to do it but it would require me to be a liar.
"I could apologise but why should I say words I do not believe in my heart?
"Therefore I cannot. If that is something people find they cannot accept I am sorry but this is how I feel after nearly a quarter of a century of their behaviour and tactics."