Name: Are there really 'no-go areas' in London?! | Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason - BBC
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"God, write something topical, because the world is on fire.

"Surely you can write loads of topical jokes."

But the problem, of course, again, it's a two-year tour

and over the course of a two-year tour, topical jokes go out of date.

You know, I was writing the show here last summer, right?

And last summer was the time of all the terror attacks in London,

and so I had a routine about how strange it was to be in London

And then the other weird thing was, during those attacks,

to talk about how, "Well, parts of London are under Sharia law."

"What parts of London are under Sharia law exactly?", right?

And obviously, the hosts of Fox News don't care whether this is true

"Num num num, tell me about the Sharia law, num num num."

And then they'd go on, and this is my favourite racist dog whistle,

they'd go, "Well, there are parts of London which are no-go areas."

Do you remember this? That ordinary Londoners won't go into,

And we'd all be sitting there, as ordinary Londoners,

"There's no part of London that Londoners won't go into."

Well, one. There's one place in London that Londoners won't go into.

It's four storeys of something to do with M&Ms, we never go into it.

We all walk past and go, "How are they sustaining this

I occasionally just open the door and go,

"This is not a thing," and then close the door again.

"Simply saying it is a thing doesn't make it a thing,"

"You are sixth on a list that includes Smarties, Minstrels,

"Maltesers, Poppets, Revels, and then maybe you. Shut it down."

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Are there really 'no-go areas' in London?! | Dara Ó Briain: Voice of Reason - BBC

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