Maybe Dan reminded her a bit too much of some of the footballers she had to work with.

I thought Dan was mean and annoying, i changed my opinion of him however when he went on the apprentice you're fired show.

Yes. for a moment i thought she had dragged up to sneak back in

Statistically, the losing PM gets fired 50% of the time in the UK. It's far from inevitable. And very often, when they do get fired they deserve it. Often the people who volunteer for PM have the highest opinions of themselves and turn out to be the biggest plonkers. The role attracts them.

(In some cases they were at the brink of being fired in the previous episode, and only survive by pleading "Make me PM instead" - and then as PM they cock it up again because they are just incompetent. Lord Sugar ought to have fired them the first time. This effect probably accounts for one or two PM-firings each series.)

It's my long-held believe that Lord Sugar usually avoids firing the PM unless he has no choice. Dan's firing surprised me because it was an exception. This week, I thought Laura was much worse than Dan and much more directly responsible for her team's losing. Yet she didn't get fired.


I hate (a). It is a reflection of Trump's poor judgement: he does almost always fire the PM, and that has made it such a poisoned chalice that no-one will take it unless bribed. In the UK candidates still volunteer. (As they should; it's a position of power, and if they can't identify two people worse than themselves they deserve to go.)

I'm not so bothered about (b), except it seems a bit pointless. In the episodes I remember, anyone who only brings in one other person gets fired themselves instead.

Actually I suspect that if a UK candidate wanted to do that, Lord Sugar would let them. I even thought Laura might do it in the current episode. She identified Joanna, but was clueless as to who else might be at fault. She said Sandeesh, and then when Sandeesh argued she switched to Joy.

I'd have tended to agree with you if it were not for the fact that Shibby (regardless of negotiating skills) managed to secure a last minute sale of £50. Almost 3 x as much as Mr STBBaggs who lives and survives being a salesman. I'd say Shibby did far better than someone who makes their living from sales.

Being PM is really the best way to get noticed. Trying to avoid the role gets you noticed in a bad way. Quite often someone who has been heavily criticised earlier can use the role to show they aren't useless. Because it's the most intensive role, some slack is likely to be given as are some points for having the guts to go for it. Don't get the points if Sugar has to appoint in order to test someone he hasn't learnt much about yet.


James tried to do that last series, just bring in Debra. A silly thing to say and got the reception it deserved. So he added Ben. Ben as a weaker version of Debra, went.
I think Laura only identified Joanna as by then the product was shown to be weak, and it was a personal dislike based on the arguements. She then looked for who seemed weakest, picked Sandeesh who suddenly came to life and then took the chance that now Joy seemed to be the weakest. Laura should have gone herself, but at least she showed fire and a willingness to carry on.
Joy came across as now broken and so there was no point in keeping her. In real life it probably would have been the other way around.

This week was almost exactly like the fitness task last year. James stayed because at least he fully understood what went wrong and his part in it. Ben stayed for at least having an idea and being very active even if it was him and Maj who then messed up. Only negatives then for Maj who then didn't fight hard enough to stay.

shibby????? I think I might have the wrong person and might be getting mixed up. If so, one apology recorded for posterity!!