On Jan 15, 1:52*pm, "John Rowland"
wrote:
On the contrary: building things requires labour, which can be got more
cheaply in a bust,

Not if some of the cheap labour does a runner to another country. I
have no figures at hand but I wouldn't be surprised if theres a slow
leakage of poles and other east europeans from the UK right now
especially given the current exchange rate of the pound.

B2003