"Don't forget that between the Common Market, and the fact that the cost of manufacturing went through the roof, driving work abroad to lower wage economies they were all gone or going before Maggie arrived." - Giok

Never a truer word spoken.

As for the - "cheap 'Poles' jibe" - Backwoodsman

"I can't see why there was anything wrong with what Teribus said there. (And I've disagreed with him often enough, and I am sure I will continue to do so.) It just seemed his way of pointing out that talk about Poles overunning this country is tosh." - MGOH

Thanks for that Kevin, I'm glad somebody got the point.