I am interested in the role the English government played in the Irish famine. I see a lot of assumptions by some individuals that the English could have done much more to help the Irish during the famine, but instead did nothing or even did things that may have exacerbated the suffering of the Irish during these years. Granted, the English are not responsible for the potato famine, but what is the general view of their role or lack thereof during the potato famine? Many who desire for the English to no longer have a presence in Ireland will outright state that the blood of those who died during the famine is on the hands of the English government. Were the English able to somehow "weaponize" the famine to achieve an ends, in any capacity, in Ireland?