I am supporting this with hard facts? It has nothing to do with wages, its all about economics, too many cooks spoil the broth. I for one believe this little country has a lot to offer I agree that it needs running properly, exporting goods to then import them again is not good economics: i.e. a producer in the UK makes a product it is then exported to a factory in Europe processed and then imported into the UK for our use? That is both bad economics and bad logistics and it is not just the UK that this effects, why do it? to boost the European Economy that's why pure and simple. Who pays for it, the consumer.