Some people may have balked at the appointment of Sir Alan Sugar as business tsar – particularly those parliamentarians who have failed in the task of distinguishing their arse from their elbow and now dread hearing his catchphrase: “You’re fired!” At least Gordon Brown has been able to take some time out during all his travails to watch a bit of telly. But whatever next? Simon Cowell as skills tsar? Susan Boyle and Dame Vera Lynn invited to lead a national sing-song? Sir Alan went with his “gut instinct” in determining this year’s winner of The Apprentice, opting for Yasmina Siadatan even though she admitted to some “quite serious errors” and oversaw the launch of a product which just about everyone found unpalatable. The grumpy entrepreneur should feel right at home with Labour, then.
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