As I was born in Northern Ireland, I have dual British and Irish citizenship.
I consider myself foremost a world citizen, and a strong supporter of Europe as a means of achieving global democracy.
Do you seriously think the european union is an ideal democratic model?Did they not actually bully the Irish into taking an enormous fiscal burden on behalf of bondholders who gambled on Irish markets and lost?Did not their central bank threaten to stop liquidity to the Irish state if they didnt comply with their demands?Also have the Irish recently not lost certain voting rights?How does that equate to democratic principals?