At the passing of the great Pope Benedict XVI  shall we remember  the never-to-be-forgotten fiasco of our New Atheist friends, Dawkins, Robertson, Fry, Goldacre et al coming a humiliating cropper when they threatened to have Pope Benedict arrested on his visit to Britain in 2010? Well, yes I think we shall.

How I loved that! What a humiliation! And Geoffrey Robertson just after he had received a papal blessing at a general audience with the Pope in St Peter's Square. How they fell on their faces. Their pathetic protest was brushed aside in the tide of affection and goodwill towards Pope Benedict. Wonderful days! They took it so badly. Dawkins went into a right sulk and blamed everybody but himself.

Richard Dawkins ... he went into a proper sulk

Geoffrey Robertson was just as bad. He went into a lot of twaddle about how he just happened to be in St Peter's Square and just happened to be there when the Pope arrived and just happened to be there when the Pope gave a blessing. Pathetic! He then denied that he had suggested having the Pope arrested - although he had stood shoulder to shoulder with Dawkins, Goldacre, Fry et al. Pathetic!

Geoffrey Robertson ... Pathetic!

(Christopher Hitchens had also been campaigning with this lot, but I will pass over that as he has now gone to meet the God he claimed did not exist. I'm sure God will be merciful to him.)

Christopher Hitchens ... now gone to meet the God he claimed did not exist

I started a thread about this on the TES Opinion Forum. It ran to almost 2,000 posts. How I made the clique squirm! It was another episode of "C'mon clique. Make my day."