article_snippet: Labour failed to appreciate the UK jobs market would prove a magnet for Polish plumbers, one of Tony Blair’s most senior advisers admitted yesterday.
article_snippet: Sir Stephen Wall, who was Mr Blair’s most senior EU adviser between 2000 and 2004, said Labour failed to foresee the attraction Britain would pose to Polish workers on low wages in Polish workers home country .
article_snippet: Sir Stephen Wall, who was Mr Blair’s most senior EU adviser between 2000 and 2004EU , said: ‘
article_snippet: Sir Stephen Wall, who was Mr Blair’s most senior EU adviser between 2000 and 2004 simply didn’t take account properly of the pull factor of England for people with skills who could probably find a bigger market [in the UK] for their skills - you know, the Polish plumber.
highlights_snippet: Sir Stephen Wall said Labour failed to realise attraction Britain would pose .
  