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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 may not be business man of the year but what a thoroughly decent bloke .He will go far!!!!
Posted by: tonyblyth on Thu Apr 17 02:04PM | Report abuseClaire should have gone,she was glad the task wentbe pear shape I will be willing her to lose next week also I feel sorry for Lucinda,Helene was moaning but doing nothing herself.......go Lucinda hope she wins....
Posted by: byrne977 on Thu Apr 17 02:04PM | Report abusesimon deserved to be fired 100%....put hisself up from the start with the big 'i am' in photography because his best mate takes photos...my husband is a telephone engineer but i don't know how to fix a phone line!! Too far up his own backside.....if he's got an IQ of 170 whats he doing putting up satellite dishes? OH DEAR!
Posted by: mcampbell205 on Thu Apr 17 02:04PM | Report abuseAs the project manager Simon should have sacked Claire himself, the two faced scheming !!!!!!!
Posted by: mjjmills on Thu Apr 17 02:05PM | Report abuseAlex has been a @#$% since the get go, but he is clever and seems able to survive anything - even a full on attack by Margaret! The bullying by some of the females is just hideous - is that how they behave at work?! Shocked shocked shocked at Simon going. Not only capable, but absolutely gorgeous, too...
Posted by: jjan_dye on Thu Apr 17 02:06PM | Report abuseI thought sir alan had a good judge of character until last night!!!! Abysmal,and totally absurb to have booted Simon off.Margaret saw through the two judases why couldnt Sir Alan?I thought he was a man of integrity where business was concerned.
Posted by: pbaigent on Thu Apr 17 02:07PM | Report abuse'Bingo Wings Claire' is one lucky rottweiler. Simon should have stuffed a huge bone in her gob when she was giving it all that. Chew on this gob@#$%. Notice how all the shoppers in the Bluewater dived out of the way when she was stomping back to her kennel somewhere upstairs. Her and total @#$%wit Alex deliberately messed this task up for Simon. Poor guy too nice and normal for this program. Should never have volunteered to be PM. But hey its all good TV.
Posted by: jayeshkc13 on Thu Apr 17 02:07PM | Report abusei think that was shocking to see simon out he did nothing wrong that alex and claire right from the start werent supportive a blind man could see it bring him back
Posted by: rehanazihad on Thu Apr 17 02:07PM | Report abuseMaybe I have a selective memory of past shows, but this lot are generally very weak. If this is genuinely the cream of Britain's young talent then we are doomed.
Posted by: graham.hughes1 on Thu Apr 17 02:08PM | Report abuseclaire should have gone she is so argamentative and caused all the problems she is very stroppy and another one who should go is helene she was just lucky to have been on the winning side or she would have gone
Posted by: proberts593 on Thu Apr 17 02:08PM | Report abuse