Hmm. Rates seem to have dropped a bit.

[d000hg]

why should you be paid £500/day when equally skilled and more motivated people in other nations would work for a small fraction of that?

Most people here don't believe said foreigners are equally skilled. Some are of course, but it's really hard to tell when they are situated on another continent and are insulated from you by an offshore PM who wants to act as intermediary between you and the developer.

[SantaClaus]

why should you be paid £500/day when equally skilled and more motivated people in other nations would work for a small fraction of that?

Yep, lets all go to work for a bowl of rice