the reason poles can afford to work over here for the minimum wage is because they have their accomodation provided for them, so unlike the indigenous people they do not pay as much rent, therefore the minimum wage is acceptable, also it saves our employers the expense of having to train british workers, lets just let semi third world goverments pay for it, its basically another form of exploiting poor countries, dressed up as ethics, millions of british who won't work is a lie, its not economically viable for them to work for 5.35 an hour, thats 178 pound a week, average rent 100 pound a week, council tax 20 pound a week, leaving the brits with just 58 pound to pay for everything else. plus the poles are not living here permanently so they do not mind living in tents, caravans for the duration of their employment, this is being caused by corporations its about creating a massive surplus workforce in the west which enables them to bring wages down, there is only one antidote to globalisation and that is nationalism.