jawafour wrote:Moggy wrote:...A referendum that has resulted in stripping people of their identity...
I must admit that I hadn't thought of it in that way. Did you see youself more as a citizen of Europe than the UK, Moggy? Personally I always felt that I was a UK citizen with the UK being in a political and economic alliance with Europe. I don't think there's anything "wrong" with either perspective; just a different way of looking at things.
There’s nothing wrong with either perspective, but there’s a big difference in what’s happened. Pre referendum you could be British and ignore being European. Post referendum you are just British with the European side forcibly taken away from you.
I saw myself as a citizen of Britain and Europe, I didn’t see myself as more one than the other. Luckily for me I am still that, I have Irish citizenship that I took after the referendum.
Thanks to Leavers though my wife and son do not not have the option of European citizenship, and I’ll never forgive them for that.