He told the BBC’s Talkback programme he was “sorry for using the b word” and acknowledged it would cause offence.

He also said he partly regretted using a “Trojan horse” analogy when referring to Sinn Féin’s equality strategy.

Mr Adams accepted a suggestion that he had made a “political gaffe” and added “we all make mistakes”.

...

Mr Adams was asked repeatedly who he had in mind when he referred to bigots.

The Sinn Féin leader replied: “I’m using the broad brush to describe that cohort who on the one hand, are out-and-out bigots, and there’s nothing worse than an educated bigot.”

- Gerry Adams apologises for using ‘offensive’ language, BBC.com, November 25, 2017.

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