There is no need to sugarcoat anything Furio.
The Irish "famine" was more like a deliberate genocide than a famine.
It was population control pure and simple. Irish people were perceived as a threat to the British, so my ancestors were deliberately starved and forced to emigrate in their millions, which left the British free to reinforce their policies in the country.
The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, apologized for it.
British is an absolute imbecile. If you are looking for an intelligent British perspective on interrelations with Ireland then you are not going to get it from him.
