Who are you?

The issue of youngsters in Britain wanting to go and fight with jihadi groups in the Middle East raises an interesting point.
Are we defined by the country we live in, by our religion, or by some other criteria?
Do the Scots see themselves as Scottish, or as Britons with a Scottish accent? We may find out on September 19.
Ukraine is having big problems with people who see themselves as Russians. The Kurds in Iraq, Syria and Turkey seem to be Kurds first and want a country to fit in with them.
Politicians expect us to be defined by our country because politics is defined by country. They expect us to support our country whatever it does. But this idea is waning. 
In 2003, when Bush and Blair planned to invade Iraq, there were protest marches all over the world against the idea. Bush and Blair ignored them and invaded anyway.
In 2013, when David Cameron was wondering whether to send troops to Syria, the Commons refused to sanction it. That persuaded President Obama to reconsider military action, too. 'Not in my name' carries more clout today.
The more multi-cultural we become the less we seem to think 'my country right or wrong'. And the more politicians have to think: How will this look in Bradford or Leicester?
I grew up on Tyneside, so I like to think of myself as a Geordie, although I have lived in the south for 50 years. I have had opportunities and a civilised life in Britain, for which I am grateful. I don't believe in any of the gods which cause such trouble. 
But the picture of Britain painted by our politicians is a mean place which wants to pull up the drawbridge and deny others those opportunities and that civilised life; which doesn't want to work with the foreigners in Europe. I am not defined by that image of Britain.
Companies no longer tie themselves to one country. They can fit in with several. People no longer tie themselves to one country. If there is a better life elsewhere, they will try to find it. Or they will live a life which defines them in whichever country they happen to be in.
Which makes life very difficult for politicians. We used to be British first and Labour, Tory or Liberal second. Now we are just us, in 60 million flavours.
How on earth do they address us all?