Long term policy Brucie - get the land out of the Irish hands and into English absentee landowners control
Enough food was available in Ireland throughout the Famine to feed the population several times over - established fact.
Food continued to be exported out of Ireland throughout the Famine - established fact.
Locked warehouses containing food were guarded by armed troops to prevent it from falling into the hands of starving Irish - established fact.
On Trevelyan's instructions, Famine relief was sold to the starving poor at market prices so as not to interfere with the laissez-faire policy - established fact.
Profiteering from shipments of Famine relief food was widespread during the famine; some shipments crossed the Irish sea between Britain and Ireland up to four times before being unloaded in order to force up prices; Trevelyan and the British authorities were fully aware of this but did nothing to prevent it - established fact.
The British authorities not only allowed mass evictions of families unable to pay rent, but they insisted on all rents being paid within a certain period; if not, the tenants should be evicted - established fact.
When the evictions took place, under armed assistance from the military and the police, the vacated homes were systematically destroyed so the starving Irish could not use them for shelter; many thousands died of hunger and disease at the roadside and buried in unmarked mass graves - established fact.
Britain's aim was to cull the Irish nation in order to make it an efficient part of the British Empire - stated policy and established fact.
Really shouldn't have to repeat all this - it's all here - maybe you should get the same feller who reads these long bits to Terrytoon and Numbskull, to read them to you too.
Jim Carroll