Great thread.

For anyone else liking this thread, you could do a lot worse than read "The Empty Raincoat" by Charles Handy.

It's 18 years old but still incredibly relevant and almost prophetic. The chapter on Federalism and Twin Citizenship has particularly relevance to this thread for anyone wanting to dip in and not reas the whole thing (even though it's not that long).

Handy also notes that, if all we get to do is vote but get no further say and are not listened to then it's democracy in name only. It's actually an empty promise.