I need my sovereignty to be me

Richard? Yes, My Beloved ire? Richard, I need to get out of the euro, and I need you to help me to do it.

But, Beloved, I know next to nothing at all of the more sophisticated workings of economics. You know what my needs are, and this is what I'm needing from you to put to the very best of use. How may I do so, Beloved? Tell my people that we need to reinstate our sovereignty; it has all but been given away and taken from us. Small is strength, Richard; stability in smallness is a significant strength in the greater world. We need to have back our own currency, and with our own currency we can manage very well our own affairs. Receiving handouts is a trick, for on the one hand it seems to be very helpful, yet it's on the other subtlety depriving us of our rightful sovereignty. Let's make and solve our own problems ourselves. In that way, we can have a sense of empowerment. With our own national currency reintroduced we'll be a whole lot more competitive than we've ever been. We need identification with Europe and the world, but not at the cost of giving up our sovereignty. To be able to compete on the world stage is the way to increase opportunity; with opportunities will national stability become ever the more sturdier. We must make 'as soon as possible' the reality; the reality: to exit the euro monetary union, and to re-enter the foreign exchange union. Stability is the hallmark for whatever we hope to do as individuals, as a people, and as a nation. What of sovereignty, Beloved over the entire island? That'll come too in its own way, and day when bright clear attitudes will make their appearance. How do you mean? When Whitehall no longer wishes to have a leash; Stormont no longer feels the need to be collared, and Leinster House welcomes the hound home. But all this is the decision of the majority, is it not? Is it not also the decision of the minority or the even? Why be so one sided; why not take three in one? Let there be a harmony reached whereby the land of the island is definitively seen and accepted to be the land of the island, and to be ruled as one country. No further standing would be misunderstood. Peaceful to a degree the life can be in captivity, but howsoever much the more when it's to be of independence found. Independence is the preferred state of pleasing to all in the togetherness of commonality seeking truth. My Beloved ire, you speak in ways not real. Richard, restore my sovereignty; let me be a paradigm for other countries in Europe, and around the world.

And to achieve that, begin with my people exiting from the euro, and then of a long bank holiday weekend reintroducing our national currency: the Irish punt. To have our own currency is a source of national pride; our mythologies, histories, and arts ever on our person. Our own currency with our own sound budgets will bring prosperity to every household. Country wise being small in size is where our greatest blessing resides when it comes to managing our economy. May our economists be bright, and our politicians wise; wise enough to carefully listen to our economists. And may our citizens continue being sincere, and passionate. Don't be overly concerned about European political union, for such political union is about as farfetched as a kite without a string nearing ever further away from cultural diversity. I'm an island; by rock and wavy sea is that clear seen to be. And I need, Richard to have my sovereignty to be me. Help restore my sovereignty. Willingly, my Beloved ire. 19 July 2012 RmSweeney Photograph courtesy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland