The vast majority of historians reject the claim that the British government's response to the famine constituted a genocide. Their position is partially based on the fact that, with regard to famine related deaths, there was a lack of intent to commit genocide. For a mass-death atrocity to be defined as a genocide, it must include the intentional destruction of a people. Contemporary commentators blamed the mass death on the actions of the British government, rather than the blight.
The vast majority of historians reject the claim that the British government's response to the famine constituted a genocide Their position is partially based on the fact that with regard to famine related deaths there was a lack of intent to commit genocide For a mass-death atrocity to be defined as a genocide it must include the intentional destruction of a people Contemporary commentators blamed the mass death on the actions of the British government rather than the blight