More jewels from the mainstream media

The idea that Britain may actually leave the EU is starting to alarm our politicians:

Ireland, which holds the presidency of the European Union for the next six months, urged Britain not be too adversarial in pushing for change in its relationship with the EU on Tuesday, saying it should remember its close history in Europe.

Well, of course they would say that. If our biggest trading partner left the EU, it might increasingly make sense for Ireland to leave too. And that ... that’s just out of the question, isn’t it? Lucinda Creighton thinks so:

"We're a neighbour and we're a friend of the UK. We have a deep interest in ensuring that the UK stays engaged," said Creighton.

Not we, Ms Creighton. You. You and the rest of the europhile political class who are going to be left looking extremely foolish when what you have been pushing as unquestionable dogma for forty years is shown up for the hollow nonsense that it is.

But asked about British voters' increasingly uneasy feelings about the EU and the possibility of a referendum on EU ties being held in the coming years, she added: "We would respect whatever decision the British people make."

Well, that’s good to know. After all, our rulers have an excellent track record when it comes to respecting the people’s decisions in EU referendums. Absolutely spotless.

Meanwhile, over on the continent, a priest is being ridiculed for posting photographs of people who are leaving the Church in the church hall, in the hope that someone who knows them might try to persuade them to stay. We are helpfully told why Catholics might be lapsing:

Many Catholics in the liberal Netherlands were shocked by Pope Benedict XVI's Christmas call to "fight" gay marriage, which the Netherlands was the first country to legalise in 2001.

What? Pope Benedict opposed to gay marriage? Whoever could have thought it? I’m,  I’m ... shocked!

Around 28 percent of people in the Netherlands say they are Roman Catholic, 18 percent Protestant and 44 percent say they have no religion.

28 plus 18 plus 44 equals 90. I wonder who the remaining 10% could possibly be ... And I wonder why the article does not mention them. Maybe it’s because they could upset the lovely Bigoted Church Vs the Rest of Enlightened Humanity narrative that the article has been busily spinning.