And the most moribund economy in the EU is
...you've been watching too much BBC. Compare UK average wages (because that's what I was referring to) with those in Bulgaria and Romania.
Complete rubbish, you need to spend a few hours in Luton arrivals and count those speaking English.
... it is, after all, an English airport. But look at the departure boards and then try and tell me that all those people flying to Bucharest, Craiova, Budapest, Sofia, and the like are tourists.