Ed, If you lived in some of the area's that have a large porportion of eastern europeans in it youd find that yes they are willing to work but they work for a lot less than the local people so take jobs from local population. They live in the most squalid conditions and send home as much as they can. With the strength of the pound every one they send home is worth more to their families at home than it is to them here so you have a catch 22 situation. they will keep coming to work for what we would call very low wages but will make their families better off but will stir up hate from the locals who cant find decent paid jobs because they're being undercut all the time.
I personally dont care as long as the migrants are willing to work and pay into the system. But a lot of home born of migrants (and a lot of English people) now know the system and use it to their own advantage.
And to admit to have someone in your family from the isle of sheppy
They say a virgin there is a girl who can run faster than her brothers nand uncles