The witty and wise London-based author and broadcaster Paddy Duffy sent us his thoughts on Brexit and St Patrick on Monday's Drivetime. Paddy recalled being impressed when his college History lecturer admitted that there weren't that many details known about Ireland's patron saint. Most questions, he told us, seemed to have answers like, "we don't know", we're not sure", or "it may have actually been two guys". The courage involved in saying "we don't know" was something Paddy thinks we could use more of, especially when it comes to Brexit.

Paddy quoted one particular expert on Brexit: "Brexiters are so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should". And if those words sound ever-so-slightly familiar, this is why:

"That's actually Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park. But tell me a crazed experiment involving dinosaurs isn't the first thing to mind when you think of Brexit. You have to feel on some level that Theresa May is dying to say, 'I don't know'."

The problem, as Paddy sees it, is that nobody who supports Brexit can express uncertainty, as that would be to accept the lie they're living:

"That's why Boris Johnson would rather propose a Paypal receipt every time you drive through Clady than accept the smartest border available is the one we have now."

While the Brexit discussions go back and forth, Paddy is concerned that real damage is being done to the Good Friday Agreement and politics in Ulster:

"The main concern over raising a tangible border is that it will make the psychological walls already there insurmountable."

If St Patrick's identity was ambiguous, Paddy says, the lives of those Irish people living in Britain and in border areas is more complicated still.

"That we can cheer for county and country, live in others, and all under a European umbrella with no contradiction."

Paddy recently joined the Northern Ireland panel of BBC Radio 4's long-running Round Britain quiz. A citizen of the Republic, he nevertheless represents the North with pride. But Northern Ireland doesn't need what Paddy sees as the likes of the DUP's pettiness when it comes to the Irish Language Act:

"If they'd only realised making Irish compulsory would make sure nobody spoke it, they could have saved everyone a lot of faff."

Paddy's column is funny, thought-provoking and short. You can hear it in full by clicking on the audio above.

And you can hear the rest of Monday's Drivetime here: