Food-raid

Memories of  the 19th century famine in Ireland run deep,and Tony Blair was big enough to apologise for that - on behalf of whom I am not sure. When my great great great grandfather was born in Donegal in 1780 there was an estimated population of 8 million; by the end of the 18th century the population was half that and has never recovered. The famine was a terrible period.

It is therefore heart-warming to know that our goverment has taken steps to ensure that this does not happen again and that Mr and Mrs Robinson, elected MPs from Northern Ireland, are the first beneficiaries of our new food-(r)aid program. Apparently they were able to claim £400 each, £800 per month in total, to cover their food bill. God be praised! Our Irish cousins will never starve again!