"... no, laddie! I'd never trust a 'former' communist! Maybe the instincts for all the basic tools... oppressive control, bullying, state theft, and deliberate deception... will still be there... just hidden behind a veneer of respectability. Now I reckon, in years to come, they’ll ask why nobody clicked that Barroso, Moscovici, Mogherini, and even Merkel were all... oh, oh... here comes the Skipper, better look busy or we’ll get a rocket for standing around musing on Brexit, when there’s loading to be done...!"