Am I imagining it or is there way more lip out the candidates this year when they are chosen for the boardroom?

Other years it seems there might be a bit futile protest but then they would put up and shut up and the PM's choice would be final but this year more candidates seems to be trying to negotiate themselves out of being brought back in.

Just me?

It's become almost like a game of outwit, outplay and outlast.

Next week in the preview doesn't Lord Sugar say in the boardroom he suspects someone is strategizing too much. Maybe more tactics will be played in the boardroom. Unless Shugs is talking about some other situation.

It seemed to start with Jim, and because he did it others think they can do it.

Yeah, I thought that too. Word got back to the house about what happened so they might all think it's worth a shot now.