"Jim, there are jobs and although it is cheaper to poach people trained at the expense of poorer countries,"
The number of jobs in Britain have reduced radically, with no recompense offered to those who find themselves unemployed
Regulating what is paid is down to the employers and the Government -- using the mobility of labour as an excuse for membership should not be an option and it wouldn't be if a living wage were established rather that the poorly regulated 'minimum wage' - that would set a level playing field for workers and its long overdue.
Going by what has happened to Irish youth, some young, unattached people actually welcome the chance to travel and it would certainly help exorcise some of the awful 'little Englander' attitudes that pollute the country - "fortress Britain" is alive and kicking if this appalling discussion is anything to go by.
Jim Carroll