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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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Simon should have been sacked pointless going on with photography until he sorted out the rest of the teams ineptness ! Alex and Claire seemed to have their own agenda and did not work as part of a team at all , they worked against Simon , Claire particularly ought to be ashamed of herself every opportunity she got she played high and mighty with him , those two both need to go quickly ! And what a honest person Simon turned out to be .
Posted by: kgb_kgb234 on Thu Apr 17 07:00PM | Report abuseSimon should have been sacked pointless going on with photography until he sorted out the rest of the teams ineptness ! Alex and Claire seemed to have their own agenda and did not work as part of a team at all , they worked against Simon , Claire particularly ought to be ashamed of herself every opportunity she got she played high and mighty with him , those two both need to go quickly ! And what a honest person Simon turned out to be .
Posted by: kgb_kgb234 on Thu Apr 17 07:01PM | Report abusefire the whole lot even alan sugar the sir
Posted by: mark_mertonuk on Thu Apr 17 07:01PM | Report abuseWrong decision it should have been Claire who get fired!!
Posted by: jonathangotel on Thu Apr 17 07:03PM | Report abuseSimon should have been sacked pointless going on with photography until he sorted out the rest of the teams ineptness ! Alex and Claire seemed to have their own agenda and did not work as part of a team at all , they worked against Simon , Claire particularly ought to be ashamed of herself every opportunity she got she played high and mighty with him , those two both need to go quickly ! And what a honest person Simon turned out to be .
Posted by: kgb_kgb234 on Thu Apr 17 07:04PM | Report abusesacked the rong person should had been claire
Posted by: ngcloss on Thu Apr 17 07:07PM | Report abuseat the end of the day it is alan sugars money and reputation that these competitors are playing with here and they are all egoistical self centred people anyway, if it was my money and reputation at stake here i would have not sacked simon, i would have asked margaret for her opinion as she was present throughout the task and taken her points on board and i am sure she would have suggested claire rather than simon
Posted by: alibennett44 on Thu Apr 17 07:07PM | Report abuseDoes anyone agree that people are fired, not on their performance, but because they are not expected to make such entertaining television. The ones that are kept in the show are the type that will make good "reality entertainment", in future episodes?
Posted by: caprisuk2002 on Thu Apr 17 07:11PM | Report abuseCLAIRE SHOULD BE FIRED BECAUSE SHE IS ARGUMENTATIVE, SIMON SHOULDN'T BE FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: fahima_azad on Thu Apr 17 07:11PM | Report abusenobody worth winning now that Simon has gone - the other guys are woosies and girls - well what can I say. Nobody stands out this year - except for Simon the grafter.
Posted by: carolann4626 on Thu Apr 17 07:12PM | Report abuse