Potatoes are not funny, but there are other things we can teach the British

Do not take the Mick. Do not tell potato jokes. Do not refer to Britain as ‘the mainland.’

Oh, and never talk about 'the British Isles.'

Those are just some of the rules for working successfully with Irish people to be found in a British Embassy document exclusively revealed in this paper on Saturday. The document, entitled Working with the Irish, is for civil servants and others who have to be here during the EU Presidency. It's brisk, informative and useful.