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OK, now we're confused. Only last week we were saying that it seemed Sir Alan had a soft spot for Simon and that the ex-squaddie could do no wrong - and now just one week later he's been fired!
To make matters worse, Sir Alan fired Simon over Alex and Claire (more about those two in a moment) - what is going on?
To be fair, it was a disastrous task for Simon with his team managing to lose money - their photography business having to turn customers away after a mix-up over order numbers. But just how big a part did Alex and Claire play in his downfall?
Last night saw those two - favourites of ours earlier in the series - show their true colours as total snakes. Alex was shirking responsibility right from the start of the task when Simon wanted to appoint him as deputy. This is despite his own declaration that he is the strongest person in the contest! If Alex really is that talented, he's been hiding it well. It was also interesting to see Alex turn on Claire in the boardroom when he thought his own position was in danger. Sir Alan, please see through the sad eyes and pretty boy looks and fire him!
Like Alex, Claire was obstructive throughout the task and seemed to be enjoying it when everything started to go wrong for Simon. Margaret (who appeared to be in a foul mood last night - go Margaret!) got it spot on when she commented that Claire had treated Simon like dirt. So why would Sir Alan want someone like that working for him? It will be interesting to see how she copes next week as team-leader. The others looked less than thrilled at this news.
The Lucinda bullying continued last night with Helene taking her turn to pick on the softly spoken, beret-wearing one. Is anyone going to step in and defend her? And what's wrong with Raef? He spoke about two words last night. We're heard of keeping your head down in the early stages but this is ridiculous.
Are you as shocked as we are to see Simon out of the contest? How did Alex and Claire manage to escape this time? And with Simon gone, who is your favourite to win now?
Let us know your thoughts...
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Real world, Claire would have gone, but she makes better television so will stay to make sure we all watch next week. FIX FIX FIX
Posted by: lukesmith939 on Thu Apr 17 01:29PM | Report abuseWon't Simon have to manage people like Claire in real life though? If he can't get her on side for a 10 hour task, then how would he manage people like this if working for Sir Alan afterwards? What makes me laugh is all the wishy, washy candidates that are just staying safe by NOT standing out or speaking out against their leader in any way........very clever!
Posted by: nina.edgley on Thu Apr 17 01:30PM | Report abuseI totally agree with the comments made in this write up. From the on-set Alex was too buzy throwing a hissy fit over Simon's offer of been project leader. Simon, in my opinion had to try and prove himself after last week when he was brought in the board room the that other useless bit of space that was fired last week. Alex should have been dragged over the coal's over his attitude about Simon and as for that vile Claire, she totally had one target in mind. To undermine Simon, to play " Hard B**ch " in front of the camera and just wished she's get run over by a bus. Let's hope the over opinionated gobby cow gets her @#$%uppence next week and fails miserably and she drags in Alex as she was nominated by him last night. Goodness knows why Alan Sugar fired Simon, surely he should have read through both those idiots and listened to what Margaret said about both of them. Did he keep these 2 idiots in the competition for viewing purposes - the mind boggles Ian Carlisle Brighton
Posted by: bateman0 on Thu Apr 17 01:31PM | Report abuseShould have been Alex!
Posted by: lynne.howe1 on Thu Apr 17 01:31PM | Report abuseQuite honestly the only decent one was fired last night,hard luck Simon, but if I were Sir Alan I would fire the whole bloody lot of them, good help industry with creeps like that in charge
Posted by: dennis.bryan2 on Thu Apr 17 01:31PM | Report abuseIs there anyone in this country under the age of 30 that knows the basics of English grammar? It is 'would have' and 'could have' not would of/could of. The UK is doomed.
Posted by: garrysutherland on Thu Apr 17 01:32PM | Report abuseTHEY WERE SEARCHING FOR A LOOKALIKE - BUT THEY HAVE A CRACKER IN KEVIN (MATT LUCAS) SHAW AMONGST THEM.....
Posted by: ian.wilki7 on Thu Apr 17 01:32PM | Report abusehe were a ledge
Posted by: josh.uttley on Thu Apr 17 01:33PM | Report abuseHe should have fired Clair. What a PITB!
Posted by: a.thompson466 on Thu Apr 17 01:33PM | Report abuseShould have been Claire that went. Looks like a nasty piece of work, obstructive, nasty and her face lit up when things went wrong - worked with similar individuals - not good for office moral. If she had spent less time standing around @#$%ing and more time concentrating on the task in hand - then they might have got things right - wouldn't touch her with a barge pole if I was employing. I think this series seems to be more about good TV than a good candidate and that poor man should not have been fired.
Posted by: marian.burnip on Thu Apr 17 01:34PM | Report abuse