Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel holds the daily Covid-19 Press Conference with NPCC Chairman Martin Hewitt and NHS Medical Director Professor Stephen Powis in 10 Downing Street, London, Britain April 11, 2020. Pippa Fowles/No 10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS
LONDON - Britain’s interior minister said on Saturday she was sorry if health workers felt there had been failings to get personal protective equipment to the front line. Doctors and nurses have complained that there have been PPE shortages for frontline staff and when asked directly if she would apologise for this, Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “I am sorry if people feel there have been failings.”
“It is inevitable that the demand and pressures on PPE and the demand for PPE are going to be exponential, they are going to be incredibly high,” she said.
No, she isn't sorry that there are failings. She is sorry that people 'perceive' that there are failings, because it's their fault, not the Government's.
I'm sorry if you feel your relative died.
Don't apologise... Give them the equipment they need.
That is not what she said. I am used to UK media sanitising this government but I thought Reiters was better than that
Not what she said - please correct this headline
In fairness to they have put the apology of patel4witham in inverted commas to indicate that it was not a genuine apology.
Wrong. She didn't say that. Come on Reuters. Get your facts straight.
Expect you to be impartial. Bad call from you !
Correct your statement. Don't fkn lie, Reuters.
She said nothing of the kind
I'm sorry you feel she said 'sorry'
No, that’s not what she said. Not at all.
That’s NOT what she said. There a big difference between saying’ I am sorry for ...” & I am sorry you FELT that way..” Please give readers credit for not being so stupid ...
Stop MISREPORTING!!! That is NOT what she said, or meant. Don't be part of the false narrative this most incompetent of Governments wants to portray.
Well this is a lie
No she didn't, she clearly said she was sorry people *felt* that way which is basically SorryNotSorry
I doubt that Priti Patel will respond to your comment but she should as it is not at all what she said or intended.
Are you really this dishonest? Report what she actually said! You are supposed to be journalists not just government propagandists!
I'm sorry if people feel. A big difference no matter what side of the fence you stand! Lazy journalism.
Wrong you are reporting this incorrectly. She made no apology. 'I'm sorry if you feel that way' shifts the blame back on the victims. It does not qualify as an apology.
Report the facts nothing else, that's your job!
Edit or delete for your own integrity.
Gubament...
Expected better from Reuters.
Didn’t happen.
There was no apology, there was a sentence in which the word sorry was spoken, but it was not an apology.
That’s not quite what she said
Liars.. F..ing REUTERS, where are the times you've been one of the best ?
Bollocks, she didn't say sorry... She said she was sorry if people felt.......... Etc... She never said sorry for it happening.. I respect this publication.. You are not a fake news publication.. Please amend..
Except that is NOT what she said BeBetter or close down
She said nothing of the kind. No aoplogy for government failings was forthcoming. She simply gave tedious mediaspeak, faux-apology that she was sorry if anyone FELT there were failings. The implied subtext of which is that they are wrong to feel that way.
Not what was said at all. Delete.
Suggest you listen again.
That is not what she said. We expect better reporting from you
No she didn't. Poor
No she didn’t actually apologise. Please amend your headline.
No she did not. Poor punditry.
I'm 'Sorry' if Reuters think they are doing a good job. They USED TO make correct, verified news reports, & in case of error, make an immediate correction. So this no longer true? Are they getting their news from The Sun? Perhaps they plan a communiqué after Easter weekend?
I'm 'Sorry' if Reuters think they are doing a good job. They USED TO make correct, verified news reports, & in case of error, make an immediate correction. So this no longer true? Are you getting your news from The Sun? You perhaps plan a communiqué after Easter weekend?
Explainer here:
Liars
She isn't. She's sorry if we 'think' there are failings.
She didn't say that, you have a responsibility to get it right.
Except she didn't say that. She said she was sorry if NHS staff felt they'd been failed re PPE. Significant difference.
Really? That's not what everyone else heard her say.
No, she’s not “sorry” - please delete and reword
You're too good for this fake news shit Reuters.
sorrynotsorry
No she didn't. Read the transcript.
Fake news.Thats not what she said.
Blatant misreporting
Stop misrepresenting the news that is not what she said.
Fake news. That’s not what she said. You must correct this headline.
There was no apology, just another way of insulting citizens
Significant headline error. It was your classic 'non-apology apology'. She clearly wasn't apologising directly for any of the govt's many errors. A journalist not spotting this really shouldn't be working for Reuters.
😔😔😔😔😔😔
Come on Reuters, you are better than this.
Except that's not quite what she said, is it?
No, no, no! I expected better Reuters! She’s sorry that people think the government has failed.
She didn't say that. She said she is sorry if health workers felt there had been failings to get PPEs. That is just shite, not an apology.
classic 'I'm sorry if you felt that way' non-apology. ever notice these politicians don't know how to be human?
Oh, pay attention at the back. She made no such apology; she awarded herself the get-out-of-jail card of a conditional apology for the public's failure of comprehension. Next move, under questioning about this ”apology“, will be to say that she's already addressed the matter.
Misleading headline: She said, ' I am sorry IF PEOPLE FEEL there have been failings.' That’s not an apology.
She said ' I'm sorry you're so stupid for thinking that I have to apologise for this'.
Absolutely didn't said sorry if you FELT that way.
No she wasn't sorry, she was sorry the people are getting upset by the front line protective equipment failings. Get it right! She doesn't give a damn
She said she was sorry that people felt that there had been failings, not that she was sorry for the failings - a massive difference.
This is what you get when Neo liberals outsourced everything, just to make a quick buck.
Can she translate that into American English for Trump?
She absolutely did not apologise
That not what she said , do better.
She did not apologise. LISTEN TO WHAT SHE SAID
Her ‘apology’ didn’t address the legitimacy of the complaints, it merely nodded towards the hurt feelings without acknowledgement of their firm foundation in empirical reality.
No she’s not. She’s flung it back at us for ‘feeling this way’ or similar nonsense.
That's alright then 👍
She didn’t say that.
She is not sorry! Just sorry they feel that way. Sorry not sorry
People who have been sick with Corona virus, have recovered, and no longer test positive can help! If they donated blood, antibodies can be extracted and it can be used to treat those sick with the virus OR maybe as a preventative measure for health care workers!
Patel has no humility, she doesn't know how to apologise.
Sorry but that WASN’T an apology
Patel is an utter waste of space and a liability in this time of crisis!
No she did not
That's a wrong headline She did not apologise for that, she said she was sorry that people felt that there have been Gov failings, not that she's saying sorry to healthworkers nor for the Gov's failure to deliver it.
She didn't apologies, she said 'I feel sorry if people feel that way.' Please delete, apologies and tweet correction.
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the deficiency of essential medical equipments paces a real threat to staff's life
Even in quotes this is bullshit. What appalling 'journalism'.
horrible woman......
Governments are not perfect and there is nothing wrong in apologizing to the people for any failures.
Reuter’s? Are you not supposed to be the forefront of honest journalism? Where and when did she say sorry? You’re LIARS
No she's not. She's politician
No that’s not what she said - she pointedly did not say sorry for PPE failing - she went to great lengths to say she was sorry people felt that way. Very very different
Nope she didn't say it like that.......
Not quite what she said though. Said she was sorry if people felt like that.
In India you don't have to say 'sorry'. U just have to give tasks to people like Bang the Plates, Light a Candle, Music Chair, etc.
No no no - she didn’t say sorry, she said “sorry if you feel that way”. That is NOT fucking sorry.
Sorry if they feel this way, she never apologised because she doesn't care
No .. she did not say sorry. She said she was sorry people in the front line nhs felt they had been let down. That’s not saying sorry so report it how it was...
Sorry , it's tough . Just not acceptable
She didn’t. She said she was sorry if people FELT they’d failed over PPE. That’s a non apology
fake news.. she didn't say that
can we drag some idiotic journalist on production lines and logistic.. then they will stop making stupid comments
No she didn't. She was sorry people felt .... Not an apology at all
Jesus! Must be really bad if a torie admits to something!
Why you are making stuff up? People listened to her. Maybe you should as well. Pay attention next time.
This is fake news Thst is NOT what she said st all. You are either a credible news agency or a government control patsy. Grow some fuxking balls.
She apologized? Wow, send her to the US so we can hear a little bit of that for mistakes made here...
Fake news. We know that’s not what she said. You know that’s not what she said. You know we know. But you still twist the truth and lie. It’s no wonder trust in the media is at an all time low. I’m not sure there’s anyway back to credibility for you.
This headline is not correct miholden
Nope, she was sorry other people felt that
Dear Reuters, You have 21.7m followers expecting you to report news & key statements accurately You have failed miserably If you were straightforward, the headline would read something like, 'UK Home Secretary ignores Healthcare workers desperate pleas with chilling put-down'
Very poor reporting. I expect better from .
Not what she said - according to your own reporter (and BBC website too). Re-do the headline.
Instead of saying sorry let’s have the Conservative government charged with manslaugher.
Please correct this Reuters. Expect a better standard of journalism from your organisation
No, no, no. Listen / watch again!!!!
No she didn't... That's lies
she kinda bad tho
Its not her fault. Communist China bought up all the supplies and hoarded them. They hid the virus from the world. Their WHO puppet played down this plague. If you want to blame anyone... it is China.
No empathy and no apology
Can you correct this? She said she was sorry *if people felt* there had been failings, which isn’t the same at all.
Surely the answer should have been ‘yes, we weren’t ready, we are working hard to address that, we’re desperately sorry’. Would that have been so hard...
FakeNews come on Reuters! You may be cutting staff but even a junior could have spotted this is not what was said.
That’s misleading. She did not say sorry what she said was she was sorry people feel they have been let down. Two totally different things
No she didn’t. Stick to the Trust principles and report accurately or you’ll be classified as a fake news source!
That was absolutely NOT an apology - it was a disgraceful non-apology. Priti Patel was the personification of cold-blooded disregard for the lives of people she considers to be beneath her. Shameful.
It wasn't an apology
bollocks. absolute non-apology. this tweet is fundamentally untrue. not cool from a wire service.
No, she didn't.
She isn’t. Sort out the prick that writes your posts.
Poor state journalism is in when not even can get it right
Nope. She isn't. You really must get her non-apology into the headline.
She didn’t say that .
No, it was the classic ‘I’m sorry you feel that way’ as taught in Dealing With Complaints for Rank Beginners.
The UK has money to destroy other countries but does not care for its front line medical workers. It’s as simple as that!
No they’re not. They don’t care.
Your headline is wrong. She said ‘ 'I am sorry if people feel there have been failings.” pearswick I know not your gig but this needs to be fixed by
Why are senior NHS managers not sorry...they have the budget they surely had the planning responsibility , they were never prepared.
She was sorry for people feeling that, not sorry that it was true and accept governments lack of planning and execution/ action. Sheer arrogance and contempt for people. Poor reporting!
Fake news. Not what she said, Delete.
No she didn’t apologise - she said “if people feel there have been failings”
Did you figure out how many test taken place today at 9am 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️
Not what she said is it, piss poor headline
Not what she said. She said she was sorry if people felt that government had let them down over PPE. They have let us down and she us far from sorry.
Not what she said at all! She said she was sorry OTHERS thought there were failings!!
Why didn't she lie like trump did? It's so much easier that way.
Not what she said, why can't journalists understand plain English?
She didnt say that.
She didn't really. You've reported this incorrectly. Stick to facts.
Not sorry. Not sorry at all.
UK going to hell 😂