"They know very well that to achieve this situation will mean a reducion in living standards for our people."

Sorry Ake, but I have to disagree with you on this one. While we have to compete in the global economy, we're not even trying to compete with India and China in terms of manufacturing. What Britain can compete in is the tertiary industries (banking, for example). While these sectors grow, there are fewer people to take up the menial tasks in this country (as mentioned above, bar workers, cleaners, traffic wardens etc) - that's the gap that needs to be filled.

I fail to see the correlation between immigrants taking up these jobs and a lowering of living standards. Most of these services are now well regulated and these people are on the whole, here legally and pay income tax and national insurance.

"There is no propblem regarding the integration of these Eastern Europeans, many of whom I have met locally."

Seems to be a bit of a change of heart from your previous post;

"The "problem" in the area where I live is a large number of Eastern European immigrants who take jobs with local firms, then begin to compete for contracts with the people who employ them."

Final point;

"The point I was making is that the multiculturalism which is being presented to us by the politicians is in many cases a sham.
What we have are quite separate communities"

Seperate communities does not necessary mean that there is no integration. If you moved to a new country, it's likely that you'd move to an area where you knew people (look at the British invasion of the Costa del Sol) there's nothing wrong with that. To see integration in action, have a look at London. I live in Ealing, which must me one of the most integrated areas in the UK.