🇬🇧 The British government let a million people starve to death.
— Proudofus.uk (@ProudofusUK) February 26, 2026
Called it God's judgement.
A fungus destroyed the potato crop across Ireland. For most of the country, potatoes were all they had. Within a year, entire villages were dying.
The man in charge was Charles… pic.twitter.com/DzK2hERDdT
NEVER HEARD THAT PART OF THE FAMINE STORY, BEFORE.
I had not, either, Fred. But it seems pretty credible. Britain, after all, was Christian back then.