The Jolly Heretic with Prof Edward Dutton

The Jolly Heretic with Prof Edward Dutton

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Sundanese guest picks the wrong part of Britain—apocalypse ensues. But why?

Jun 10, 2026
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When I was about 10, I had what I thought was a brilliant idea. Some people from Ireland – the IRA – come to England and set off bombs, killing English people. Surely, the solution isto ban people from Ireland, whether north or south, from coming to England. My mothercountered that my neighbour’s friendly son-in-law Sean was from Ireland and I liked him. But, I reasoned, this was a price worth paying, harsh as it may be. I wonder if what has just happened in Northern Ireland will push more of the people there, and throughout the UK, towards thinking in this necessarily harsh and unfair way.

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