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Tony Blair did not approve Irish Famine statement


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Tony Blair did not approve Irish Famine statement
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Tony Blair s admission of the British government s culpability over the Irish Famine was neither written by the former PM or approved by him before it was sent, National Archive files show.
They show Mr Blair s private secretary Sir John Holmes wrote the message and could not reach him for final approval.
The 1997 statement was welcomed as an overdue recognition of British failure.
More than 1m people died in what is known as the Great Famine of 1845-52, when Ireland was part of the UK.
A million more people emigrated during this time. ....

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National Archive: Tony Blair did not approve Irish Famine statement, files show


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By Sanchia Berg
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Tony Blair s admission of the British government s culpability over the Irish Famine was neither written nor approved by the former PM before it was sent, National Archive papers show.
Mr Blair s private secretary Sir John Holmes wrote it but could not reach him for final approval, according to files.
The 1997 statement was welcomed as an overdue recognition of British failure.
More than a million people died between 1845-52 in the famine, when the entire island of Ireland was part of the UK.
And about two million more people emigrated over a decade. ....

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Civil servants opposed Mowlam wish to write Famine article, files show


Civil servants opposed Mowlam wish to write Famine article, files show
Northern Ireland secretary could detract from Blair statement of regret, officials feared
Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 00:03
Mark Devenport
Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam wanted to write an article criticising the wrongs of all parties during the Famine. Photograph: Reuters/Corbis
 
Northern Ireland Office (NIO) civil servants believed a magazine article by their new secretary Mo Mowlam on the 150th anniversary of the Famine could detract from the widespread praise garnered by Tony Blair’s statement of regret in June 1997.
One senior civil servant feared Mowlam would produce something “likely to be shredded by the professional historians”, according to files released in Belfast today. ....

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