The Apprentice Final

[sasguru]

Yep, a luvvy. Why do you think he was doing the premium bond adverts? It's just another way of HMG borrowing money.

The trouble with all these champagne socialists is that they are divorced from the crap they unleash on everyone else.

Actually you're wrong. Champagne socialists are those with wealthy families who live in Islington and Chelsea and the like.
Surallan's not a champagne socialist but a self-made man. And the CEOs of most large corps back Labour. Labour have played a consummate political game - kept the fat business cats AND the chavs happy, while progressively squeezing the pips out of the middle classes.

[King Cnvt]

sas, you're right about one thing for sure. Either fall onto the benefits system or rise to the super wealthy. New Labour have robbed the middle income / working families of their wealth.

[Stan]

I can only assume Sir Alan wanted someone who he could micromanage, I doubt you could leave Simon to autonomously manage or drive anything big. He consistently relied on other people to set direction. Rory probably thinks he won The Apprentice now!

[TinTin]

Hidden agenda

Simon was the obvious choice for the role that Sugar had in mind. He said he wanted someone presentable with a public school accent to present, market and sell 'real estate' (f'k me, what happened to 'property'). Tango woman looked like a pro on a street corner and had the most awful Irish twang. Now I can put up (and I have) with everything from Indian accents to Glaswegians and the bloke from BB but hers was enough to drive one bonkers.
In an ideal final (specifically for THIS job) he would have chosen Simon and Katie who would have beaten him hands-down.

By the way, did anyone notice the building which Sugar acquired and they were presenting for re-development? it was the main IBM one nr Waterloo on the South Bank. Brings back (bad) memories !

[wendigo100]

Actually you're wrong. Champagne socialists are those with wealthy families who live in Islington and Chelsea and the like.
Surallan's not a champagne socialist but a self-made man.

No, champagne socialists are those who promote socialism while behaving in the opposite manner. It doesn't matter how they got rich.

I once asked one how he came to terms with this apparent contradiction, and he said that if you live in a society of rats, you have to live like a rat.

[lilelvis2000]

Build hotels and golf courses! Simon has been told to build one near Stanstead Airport.

Using those damned Nigella seeds!