Reply to: The Apprentice Final

[lilelvis2000]

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

Using those damned Nigella seeds!

[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.

[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 !

[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!

[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.

[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.

[wendigo100]

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.

[King Cnvt]

Don't encourage the w*nker

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/05..._gives_labour/

Alan Sugar has given £200,000 to the Labour party's election campaign.

The donation from the Amstrad chairman, formerly a staunch Tory supporter, was announced by Labour HQ today.

"As a businessman at election time, it is essential to me to support a party whose proposed economic policies are most beneficial for the country as a whole," said Sugar.

"I was a tremendous supporter of Margaret Thatcher. However, after her departure the Conservatives lost their way."

Sugar has been shelling out to Labour since 1997, and was one of the 58 business leaders involved in the letter sent to The Times last week to try and rally support for the party among the business community.

"It is just not good enough to support in principle; one has to ensure the party you want to run the country is given enough opportunity to achieve victory," he added.



and then he got a knighthood. What a surprise!

He's plain Alan Sugar.

[wendigo100]

A luxury hotel near a sh1te airport in Essex, it could just work!

Innit!

[Bagpuss]

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

A luxury hotel near a sh1te airport in Essex, it could just work!

[wendigo100]

I suspect he will be just wandering around a large electronics factory, the only difference being he will have to move to Chang Wang to do it. What do Amstrad do these days other than the least popular yet most prevalent sky box?

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

[gingerjedi]

I don't know about you, but my apprenticeship was spent wandering around a large electronics company. Not in charge of building a hotel and golf course!

I suspect he will be just wandering around a large electronics factory, the only difference being he will have to move to Chang Wang to do it. What do Amstrad do these days other than the least popular yet most prevalent sky box?

[wendigo100]

Am I missing something here? When I did my apprenticeship I got about £6 p/h and I had to provide my own boots... now they’re getting 100k p/a???

I don't know about you, but my apprenticeship was spent wandering around a large electronics company. Not in charge of building a hotel and golf course!

[wendigo100]

Paul still came out with the "Adam is out of his depth" yada yada stuff. But then Paul is a complete pr*ck...so maybe it was just him. I don't think Kristy much admired him. Everyone was making laughing faces whilst Adam showed his ideas. Poor lad.

Ah yes, Paul. He was the one who organised that French fiasco.

It's true Adam wasn't the most popular among some of the competitors.

[andy]

Am I missing something here? When I did my apprenticeship I got about £6 p/h and I had to provide my own boots... now they’re getting 100k p/a???

Because you were not Surallan's bitch