Finally, a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research shows that although over one million Eastern Europeans have come to the UK since 2004, half of them have already gone back home.
One factor behind the exodus is the strength of the Polish zloty against the pound, which is now worth only 4.8 zlotys compared to 7 four years ago.
“Goodbye, Britain,” said one Polish builder who was packing his tools and heading for home. “I’ll be better off in Poland. 45 years of communist mismanagement turned our country into a bankrupt police state full of demoralised, disenfranchised workers. It‘s only taken your Gordon Brown and Tony Blair 11 years.”
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