Reply to: That elegant Anglo-Arabic chap from The Apprentice

[BrilloPad]

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So no VMS basic! damn!

[Dow Jones]

Barrow-boy principle

So not political allegiance then. Surely though he must dislike Cameron, Osborne and Johnson, purely because of their looks and accent. That's his idea of 'meritocracy'. What I didn't like is the way he singled Raef out and put him in charge as opposed to the one that 'volunteered' (Michael). Set him up well and truly.
What 'chief barrow boy' forgets is that someone like Michael or Clare would rob him blind if they had the chance, as opposed to someone like Raef or Lucinda who seem to have some principles, be it from their background or education or both.
Like the 'ice maiden' said the other week: 'if you want to work with these sort of people, then I am out of here'.
I hope he ends up with another Nick Leeson-type.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Are there? what skills are they using? I must retrain....

Cough....

[Pondlife]

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I concurr.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

'Sir' Alan (nice Labour man) doesn't like anyone that comes from a privileged background or speaks with a nice (called 'posh') English accent. Same as all Socialists. He develops an inferiority complex when he is surrounded by people like this, also he knows he can't boss them as they know more than he does. Therefore he prefer the really common ones, the ones that we may scoff at or deride like Michael Sophocles, the 'nice Jewish/Greek' boy.

Not really a "nice Labour Man"

"He's changed politically, too. He adored Thatcher and credits her with the fact that finally the 'cockneys and chirpy chappies' were the ones doing the deals behind the desks"

In fact not very Labour at all-

But he switched allegiance before the 1997 election. 'This isn't a Labour government,' he enthused when Blair was elected. 'They are a Conservative government. The difference is that they're not run by toffs and people born with silver spoons in their mouths.'

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/sp...in_page_id=108

He does seem a bit chippy about "toffs" but he felt the same when he was a Thatcherite Tory, some people just have short memories.

[oracleslave]

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[BrilloPad]

II bet there are 100's on here earning more than that for a lot less hastle.

Are there? what skills are they using? I must retrain....

[lilelvis2000]

I'm amazed that lucinda is still around. The whiny biatch. I'm sure she was shocked that she won. Only...'cause the other team left out critical info. from their ad.

Oh well...and I had picked Raef to go all the way. So out of who's left. who will make it? Claire? Alex? Lets hope the next crop are better.

[shelby68]

'Sir' Alan (nice Labour man) doesn't like anyone that comes from a privileged background or speaks with a nice (called 'posh') English accent. Same as all Socialists. He develops an inferiority complex when he is surrounded by people like this, also he knows he can't boss them as they know more than he does. Therefore he prefer the really common ones, the ones that we may scoff at or deride like Michael Sophocles, the 'nice Jewish/Greek' boy.

I think Sugar equates being a gob $hite loudmouth with being hard nosed and a good business man, it's a bit old school these days, but ultimately this is just entertainment so I wouldn't take any of it that seriously, 100k a year may sound a lot but I bet there are 100's on here earning more than that for a lot less hastle.

[Dow Jones]

From the gutter

'Sir' Alan (nice Labour man) doesn't like anyone that comes from a privileged background or speaks with a nice (called 'posh') English accent. Same as all Socialists. He develops an inferiority complex when he is surrounded by people like this, also he knows he can't boss them as they know more than he does. Therefore he prefer the really common ones, the ones that we may scoff at or deride like Michael Sophocles, the 'nice Jewish/Greek' boy.

[DimPrawn]

Nah, he won't be any good on TV. The Socialists will be calling him a toff because he speaks well and is educated.

[hyperD]

Yes I agree with that. He had a good empathy with the audience in the BBC 2 show afterwards and I think Louise "Nurding" Redknapp had a bit of a soft spot for him. Lawrence of Araefia!

Bit of media training and who knows...

[Board Game Geek]

Raef was too nice to be on The Apprentice.

I really hope the fella gets offered some TV work however, because with a few TV presenting skills, he could be a damn fine presenter.

He's eloquent, funny, and has the aplomb to do well in TV land.

I'd prefer him to Jonathan Ross any day of the week. Ross is crude, vulgar and insulting to his guests. Not the sort of TV I want to watch.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

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Still I think Slimy Socaflees or whatever his name was should have gone instead.

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Does anyone here think that Helena/Elena is a miserable / mardy cow ?

Mardy - haven't heard that in a while - where are you from?

Slimy Socaflees - hanging's too good for him, but it just proves that the point of the prog is car crash telly - and that's all.

[TimberWolf]

To be fair I think Raef did want to show the product more, and also to be fair his product looked carp, and was better left out. Had it been designed better, the long close-up would likely have stayed in. Despite the expert analysis (and swearing) on BBC2 I thought the winning product looked and was pitched better. Raef had an opportunity to put his hands up at that point and failed to do so. He should really know what srallen wants, even if it conflicts with his own world view.