Opt-outs from the EU

A number of Conservative MPs and the Daily Telegraph have become excited over opt-outs from the EU.  I do not share the enthusiasm: far better to leave the EU.

The final post is on a different subject: permitting women to be bishops in the Church of England. A splendidly splenetic article.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/9064096/We-have-European-opt-outs-so-why-not-use-them.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9062967/MPs-urge-Cameron-to-opt-out-of-EU-laws-on-policing.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/9062615/Repatriate-powers-on-crime-and-policing-say-Conservative-MPs.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/9063203/These-Tory-MPs-are-in-tune-with-the-country.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9064109/Let-us-pray-for-those-against-women-bishops.html