OK, had to go do stuff so could only skim read whats been said since I left, I beg your pardon then if anything I say now has already been said.
As for the pensioners in Spain, it is not just pensioners but most English immigrants in Spain who have completely alienated themselves off from the native people by staying firmly within ex-pat circles. Not just this but many do not bother to learn Spanish beyond the basics and expect the Spanish to speak English. Not only that, but they are also racist to the Spanish natives, even spitting on them in the streets in some cases. There is ample proof that this is happening in Spain and I believe a documentary was made about it some years ago when it came to light. So not dissimilar to the problems the English are complaining about here. This is funny for a little joke about the failure of the English to fully integrate in Spain:
As for immigrants coming and taking jobs, immigrants do not get this luxury at all. I went to a very multicultural school in n/e London and remember one boy who's parent's had been surgeons in his native country who were cleaners over here. Next time you go to a hospital or public place, look around at the people doing the menial jobs, I doubt a high percentage of them will be English.
As for cash in hand work, there is obviously a supply and demand situation going on as even people on this thread have admitted using foreign and cheap labour. So look no further for the enablers of this crooked practice than in the mirror. Also, a lot of labourers who work for cheaper are the workers keeping the economy afloat. Many small business's admit using cheap labour because employing Brit's means less productivity for the same wage and their business's would not survive. These are legally employed workers I am talking about BTW. In essence what these employers are saying is that Brit's expect to do very little work for a wage whereas foreign workers are harder working.
As for the ?shag our women? idea, I do not think that is their main agenda when settling in the UK but yes, I have friends who work on building sites with EU migrants and hear a lot of banter about the easy English they get to cop off with. But if the girl?s are doing it then I hardly think it is the migrant person?s fault, although I hate the idea that a woman who has sex is somehow free and easy, very misogynistic.