Imagine: a shortage of Polish plumbers

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Will rental and property prices hold up if this article is true

guardian.co.uk/business/2007/nov/12/economics.immigrationasylumandrefugees

The EBRD’s chief economist, Erik Berglöf, said pay for skilled labourers was rising very rapidly, partly owing to the fact that many of the country’s most skilled workers had pushed off to Britain. Fascinatingly, he said Poles want to work in Poland, not Britain.

Jaysus who’da thunk it