This Plumber Put His Tools Down To Fight The Prime Minister | Trade Legends Podcast

<p>A former British Gas engineer turned self-employed plumber exposes what it's really like to take on the Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, corporate heating giants, and rogue customers. We take it right back to the beginning: being written off on school report cards, surviving dead-end factory shifts, and the reality of a plumbing apprenticeship where 22 lads started and only one made it through. We unpack why the UK trade shortage is getting worse, how corporate targets are stretching gas engineers, and why proposed trade deposit schemes could finish small businesses. We pull back the curtain on working for British Gas and what it’s really like inside "the Amazon of the heating world," where details are micromanaged down to the second, and first-time fix targets are chased. He breaks down why he walked away from corporate security to back himself, the graft of posting a thousand leaflets just to win one boiler install, and the harsh truth about overheads, rogue customers, and why proposed holding deposits will destroy honest trade businesses. Finally, we get into what happens when an ordinary, straight-talking tradesman steps into the snake pit of Westminster politics. From viral Question Time moments and media scrutiny to running against the political establishment in one of the most talked-about by-elections in the country, this is an honest, no-nonsense look at why working-class voices matter and why more blokes on the tools need to stand up and have their say. </p>