OMG I never realised how far this ridiculous process had gone! Tony Blair apologising for the Irish Potato Famine.
Well, if that is what he wants to do I expect him to come round to me personally. Make the apology and give me compensation. My great great grandfather and his family emigrated to London from Ireland because of the famine. While Blair is at it he can apologise for all the notices to be found in lodging house windows in the late 19th and early 20th century; 'No Children, No Irish, No dogs'. My mother could remember these signs from her own childhood.
What else can someone apologise to me about? Ah yes, all the discrimination shown to women over the centuries. My mother left school for a good job with the Prudential. She began studying for the Institute of Insurers, or some such professional organisation, she passed some stages , but then realised that, as a woman, the chances of her making any progress in her job, even if she had the right qualifications, was negligible and she would always earn less than a man.
I could go on and on. As I have said these historical apologies for something we have never done and had no control over is quite ridiculous.
