"I have made a mistake, " the clinically blind politician said in press conference later in the day.

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He had "turned a blind eye" to allegations about press hacking.

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As Mark mentioned in his speech at the press conference after the first public demo of the vehicle early this year, blind drivers have other sources of information beyond the DriveGrip and SpeedStrip controls.

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