If Ireland had remained in the UK, there would be an alternative history believed with equal conviction. Important facts. On the actual allegation the BBC is plain wrong. Churchill was not responsible for the Bengal famine as any actual delving into the facts would have shown. There were famously few of us.No doubt the narrative of British evil and oppression is believed in India and elsewhere, but that does not make it true or worthy of the BBC reporting it as facYet it’s the second great BBC failing – over accuracy – which is so especially galling. Note well that they In 1943 Britain was at war with Japan, who were at the gates of India having occupied Burma, a major supplier of grain to Bengal. But Churchill was not responsible, neither for the weather nor the agriculture nor the Japanese aggression.Even the BBC did not allege that Churchill instigated the famine, the charge sheet is that he refused to help when he could.
Indian nationalist fantasies about the Bengal famine can’t be the point of the licence fee When they’re crudely amplified by the most powerful megaphone in the land today – the BBC in our case – they can be extremely troublingMost nations have a strong unifying view of themselves that is deeply held and taught in schools. Top Stories New homes to get 'automatic' planning permits . Constellations of British virtue are also visible but ignored abroad almost as much as they are here.For a dedicated Irish nationalist one can join the dots from the potato famine and Poynings’ Law and Cromwell and see virtuous Ireland beset by a troublesome neighbour. So why was food not transported from other parts of India to Bengal?For this we can look at the actual debates that took place “first of all, an act of God, as insurance companies call it, in giving a bad harvest in certain parts of India; the King’s enemies in the shape of the cutting-off of the supplies from Burma and other parts of the Far East to India; the creation of the dual responsibility brought about by the passage of the India Act; the reluctance of Provinces with surpluses to sell them to the full extent that might have relieved the shortage; individual hoarding, the difficulty of transport, external and internal. Churchill was, as it happened, one of the Spartan few Tory MPs who had resolutely opposed the India Bill when it was going through Westminster.Leo Amery explained what had happened. Why did they unquestionably air a false Indian national version of history for India when it’s laughable to imagine them canvassing a British version of history for Britain?
This, undoubtedly, afforded some immediate relief.”In the end the food supply was reinstated by the British Army. First, and in part a legacy of just how advanced we were, Britain’s own view of itself was widely questioned and deconstructed over the course of the 20Like astrologers looking up into the sky and joining dots of light to see lions and scorpions, historians in the United States, Ireland and countless other places can join their chosen dots and paint a picture of national struggle leading to independence. Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken's SpaceX capsule will make the first crewed US water landing in 45 years. An independent nationalist Scotland would no doubt paint its own picture joining dots of grievance and downplaying Scotland role in driving forward British progress. If there was shipping and protection from Japanese naval assault the food would have come from the rest of India. If the BBC enjoys hating Britain so much, let something other than Britain pay for the privilege.Try three issues of Britain’s newest magazine for £5‘Defund the BBC’ will probably be denied a platform with the institution it seeks to abolishShould the Royal Navy re-establish its presence in the Asia-Pacific region?Dissident voices are not being heard on the BBC, writes Robin AitkenA vigorous debate is under way about the future of the American right — and it is a mistake to question its survivalTry three issues of Britain’s newest magazine for £5An interesting new West End show about young millennials has echoes of far older classicsNationality rights build communities, administrative convenience ticks boxesHard problems don’t make behavioural science a hard scienceToby Young questions whether the drastic measures put in place now will harm us more in the futureLeo Amery, 1940 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Top Stories Nasa astronauts set for ocean splashdown. Why did they unquestionably air a false Indian national version of history for India when it’s laughable to imagine them canvassing a British version of history for Britain? Black History Month in Britain: Great women you should know about . Possibly only BP during an American oil leak could be more embarrassed than the BBC about what the “B” stands for. But in the wider context was Churchill or Britain responsible for the famine? Stockpiles of food in the UK in 1943?
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