Supply and demand innit. Easy to get a plasterer for a day if you have a supply of them (most work in some huge network, where one bloke knows another and so on and isn’t as selfish as to say “me not know anyone”, most will offer up 2/3 blokes during conversation)
Couple of days work, bish bash bosh loadsadosh, and off.
Mrs knows of about 30 really good blokes that have gone home, shame because they were excellent skilled blokes who knew how to/what to.
I guess they’ll be a few years of readjustment when the shit hits the fan, but hey all those skilled immigrants won’t be here so Brexiters will be happy even if they can’t get their house decorated (or whatever) Then they’ll be even more years where Skill shortages are in full flow and Mr Angry will bemoan the lack of work ethic in “the kids of today” But thats fine, BrexitMan has “taken control”
Anywho, it’s a long haul to get a builder… I wish your friends BOL.