A man stood on a soap-box at Hyde Park Corner, speaking to a group of unemployed people. “Come the European Union,” he said, “you’ll all drive around in a big German car. Come the European Union you’ll all have a beautiful French woman by your side. Come the European Union, you’ll all smoke a fragrant Hungarian cigar.”

A little man in the audience spoke up. “I don’t want to drive a German car with a French woman at my side while I’m smoking a Hungarian cigar – I want a …”

The man on the soap-box retorted, “Come the European Union, you’ll do as you’re damn well told!”