Heil Mitchell.

Gay Mitchell has questioned whether the Irish people should ever again be asked to adjudicate on complex European issues.

“They are just not up to it,” he said.

“Only a few delicate and advanced European minds, like his own, can comprehend that a concentration of power is vitally necessary for the future of a democratic Europe,” he said.

“The Irish paddies have no comprehension of this sort of thing, at all, and should not be allowed a vote on these complex matters,” he concluded.