Elsewhere in the interview being reported, he describes Brexit as the biggest disaster of his lifetime. An interesting choice of headline in the cirumstances... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - ThreadSky

mrjamesob.bsky.social • 88 days ago

Elsewhere in the interview being reported, he describes Brexit as the biggest disaster of his lifetime. An interesting choice of headline in the cirumstances...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4807xjze9o

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phunkypunk.bsky.social•88 days ago

I would value the opportunity to tell Lard Sugar to go fuck his face with a brick - but it looks like he's already done it.

rouler.bsky.social•88 days ago

He's back on TV again with that crap fcking programme.😡

Thanks BBC.

mickhyde.bsky.social•88 days ago

....and he thinks he's a good businessman.

indieyes.bsky.social•88 days ago

Funny I would have said his Amstrad TS1 Tower Stereo was his biggest mistake
I recall refunding more than we sold😊

babeing.bsky.social•88 days ago

Alan Sugar looks like a testicle in need of a shave.

ako61.bsky.social•87 days ago

Remember he does own a lot of office space in London.

douglasq.bsky.social•88 days ago

Yes, the Timid BBC seem to have played that down as usual.

cathiew.bsky.social•87 days ago

Very BBC.

alistairblantyre.bsky.social•87 days ago

🥴

johnbird83.bsky.social•88 days ago

Wonder why he wants workers back in the office?!

mitsnoyl.bsky.social•87 days ago

On this one thing he’s correct.

big-cat-diesel.bsky.social•87 days ago

Good observation. The BBC board need to be fired. They’ve turned it into GBN for the slightly less deranged.

fitzy87.bsky.social•88 days ago

BBC really are appalling.

tritim.bsky.social•88 days ago

And after making this, that's a pretty bold statement 🤣🤣

artsmithdrums.bsky.social•87 days ago

It’s weird, people working from office or home is not really the economic issue of the day. Brexit would be the headline here if written by any decent journalist!

bluesea13.bsky.social•87 days ago

Ask the BBC Executive Editors team who seem to have a specific dumbing down remit.

snial.bsky.social•86 days ago

The only reason, ever for forcing WFO is so that managers can observe the workforce in some kind of bizarro-Victorian-era throwback mentality. It's like, before Covid, they never said we had to WFO so we could chat in the common room. It's just about control. But still, #RejoinEU.

leerhodes.bsky.social•87 days ago

It's the BBC!!!!

davyboy72.bsky.social•88 days ago

Remind me how many times he's actually attended the House Of Lords.
He's happy to use the title but not actually do anything other than that.

mev202.bsky.social•88 days ago

The landlord and office space owning alan wants you back in the office so the office space needs renting still, so he can get even more wealthy. Also, the guy's disgusting. https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a62597265/strictly-chris-mccausland-alan-sugar-gimmick-remark/ thinking disability is a gimmick.

kevinlucioni.bsky.social•87 days ago

From a man who spends his winters working from home in Florida..

satiricalplanet.bsky.social•87 days ago

Dear Lord Frost,
But fear not! I’m here to help. Let’s sift through your greatest hits of Brexit delusion with the same care you apply to ignoring reality. But fear not! I’m here to help. Let’s sift through your greatest hits of Brexit delusion.
https://aiwillybillhuman.substack.com/p/brexit-wasnt-a-failure-it-liberated

wilch2710.bsky.social•88 days ago

I wonder why

albiecee.bsky.social•88 days ago

Blimey the beeb go out of their way to avoid the bleeding obvious. Brexit, you’re fired

ianrobo.bsky.social•88 days ago

BBC are bust

robishungry.bsky.social•88 days ago

People will take any job if the job was going! Thing is, people cannot afford zero hours contracts

If he wants to see more younger people, lower the entry qualifications and pay them what they're worth

bristolgal.bsky.social•88 days ago

He said Brexit was a disaster

alexskeith.bsky.social•88 days ago

Brexit doesn’t get clicks these days. Bums. Bums get clicks.

robod99.bsky.social•88 days ago

Are companies really powerless victims of WFH?
Or do they find WFH is a, no cost to them, effective salary increase, and decrease in hours for workers who have to commute? Which increases staff productivity while they save on rent and utilities.

viviennesoton.bsky.social•88 days ago

I saw that BBC interview, I remember him saying Brexit was a huge disaster. I vaguely remember him saying his ‘apprentices’ were disadvantaged by working from home, but that related to their performance on his TV show.

wokeineurope.bsky.social•87 days ago

I'm celebrating today with this #meme...😉

peterohanrahah.bsky.social•88 days ago

They do that every so often, even mentions him owning offices. You'd think they would concentrate on the bits that aren't steeped in self interest

happygolucky79.bsky.social•87 days ago

Brexit is a disaster, but sugar is an old dinosaur who is best ignored. He is another loud mouthed clown lacking business acumen

debbielough.bsky.social•87 days ago

Of course he wants people back in the office, he's losing cash (invested in offices).

He's right on Europe though.

ashles.bsky.social•88 days ago

What has it got to do with anyone what companies they don't own and don't work for decide to do about their employee working conditions?
It's just vile bitterness that wants other people to be less happy for absolutely no reason.

titiaetxav.bsky.social•87 days ago

Other relevant extract “If I was prime minister, I would be coming along on my bended knees and asking to be allowed back in," he said.”

montyboo1.bsky.social•88 days ago

I take it lordy boy owns a lot of office buildings and it's costing him £££

kensalrider.bsky.social•87 days ago

kingstondan.bsky.social•87 days ago

The rest of the media prefers just to ignore brexit. The concept of 'elephant in the room' has never been so aptly demonstrated.

stklav.bsky.social•88 days ago

Horror of a person in which the BBC big up every year

christo-walton.bsky.social•87 days ago

Don’t these out of touch dinosaurs realise that things change? Flexible working arrangements benefit employers & employees. Win-win.

inshado.bsky.social•87 days ago

Brexit proved that the UK self harms.

goatmountainwales.bsky.social•88 days ago

The Brexit Broadcasting Corporation at its very best

mickeya.bsky.social•88 days ago

He makes Sid James look like a Vogue model.

kirkville.com•88 days ago

As a recent immigrant to this country, I thought Lord Sugar was the name of a cartoon character.

burnt9.bsky.social•88 days ago

I mean, he kind of is…

mrdarcy-actual.bsky.social•88 days ago

Wait until you find out about The Earl of Sandwich.

kirkville.com•88 days ago

I know about him. His reputation has preceded him.

woolner.bsky.social•87 days ago

BBC News.
Surely that’s a misnomers ?

stu31.bsky.social•88 days ago

A public broadcaster in denial of a certain elephant in the room subject that has created an economic downturn that the BBC are also not willing to explain or talk about

badbones777.bsky.social•88 days ago

Alan Sugar says a lot of things. Occasionally even stuff worth listening to (his take on working from home is in the pile you can ignore) but that is a pretty wonky choice for the headline

eazyent.com•88 days ago

man who has properties he wants to rent out has opinions about people who don't want them. How about he stfu

randle99.bsky.social•87 days ago

22 billion black hole

russatmosphere.bsky.social•88 days ago

Says man who didn't turn up to place of work for 6 years

blueskybar.bsky.social•87 days ago

Lord Sugar wants people back in the office.
He owns the property empire Amsprop, which has a portfolio of prime central London office space.
Go figure.

mikedlondon.bsky.social•88 days ago

Is that Lord Sugar, the major office landlord, railing against WFH..?🤔

joejoecoven.bsky.social•88 days ago

20th century mindset, office space owning, boomers telling 21st century forward thinking companies, employers & employees to get back to giving them money for something they don’t need anymore.

notthatdoctor.bsky.social•88 days ago

Has Sugar completely forgotten about the Amstrad E-Mailer? 😆

sponky.bsky.social•87 days ago

Why put a truth out there as a Headline. BBC doing what it does.

scanditina.bsky.social•88 days ago

Brexit appears to have become the new "Don't mention the war" as far as the BBC and other RW media are concerned. Refusing to acknowledge the implosion isn't going to make it go away! 🫣🙄

johnnypleb.bsky.social•88 days ago

This guy? Who decided the pandemic was over in 2020? https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/03/lord-alan-sugar-calls-on-government-to-insist-office-workers-return-get-your-as-back-now-13219086/amp/

chriswhu.bsky.social•88 days ago

Chris tells Lord Alan Sugar to, ‘Go fuck yourself’! 🤬

cole0007.bsky.social•88 days ago

If you’re serious about net zero it makes sense to reduce/eliminate car journeys. Hence more home working, shopping close to home etc.
Crazy that during rush hours as many cars going clockwise on M25 as anti-clockwise.

sparky1969.bsky.social•87 days ago

Referring to bums this throbber is living proof there’s more horses arses in the world than there are horses

pintxosandwine.bsky.social•87 days ago

Face like a mouldering haemorrhoid …

benidormbutcher.bsky.social•88 days ago

The bloke is a clown

dissentra.bsky.social•88 days ago

Too many of these right wing leeching barstewards get dismissed as clowns & jokers having harmless sounding nicknames assigned to them. Johnson springs to mind immediately. They're not funny and in most cases not stupid. They're dangerous.

ambridgeolwen.bsky.social•88 days ago

He’s right about Brexit. As for the homeworkers comments… no vested interest there at all 😒

julesmchamish.bsky.social•87 days ago

Alan Sugar on Brexit👇
https://bsky.app/profile/bestforbritain.bsky.social/post/3lgxyvxow622x

klobo15.bsky.social•88 days ago

Alternative Headline: "Man with property portfolio valued at c. £85 million, which includes 10s of thousands of square feet of office space, wants workers to stop devaluing his investments."

swoopofswifts.bsky.social•88 days ago

The Beeb can't upset the right-wing press and thereby neutralising their journalistic credentials.

gaylefranceslarkin.bsky.social•88 days ago

But the BBC is controlled by the Tories who only are interested in their own back pockets and so hide any real information from the public. Never bother with BBC...

bursar.bsky.social•88 days ago

Amazing what you dont see on the BBC isnt it?

https://s2jnews.com/nigel-farages-nephew-dodges-jail-after-admitting-to-upskirting/

gaylefranceslarkin.bsky.social•88 days ago

The far right and the Tories never manage to tell the truth. This episode concerns the far right so I will not waste any of my life on these people.

bursar.bsky.social•87 days ago

Oh I agree - but it's better to light a flamethower than curse the darkness - Terry Pratchett.

schmandle.bsky.social•88 days ago

We have Press Freedoms, we have Press Standards but we are severely lacking in Press Qualities

markcstanley.bsky.social•88 days ago

It’s the BBC….dont want to upset anyone do they?

rockabites.bsky.social•87 days ago

I miss forced retirement of his generation.

maasterpieces.bsky.social•88 days ago

I agree with him 100%.

lordbonkers.bsky.social•88 days ago

I just can't understand why he's worried about companies needing less office space. https://amsprop.com/

tbanting.bsky.social•87 days ago

And in the first series of the Apprentice he flies out all the candidates to Austria! A member of the EU since January 1, 1995. Estimates suggest that EU membership has boosted Austria's GDP growth by between 0.5 - 1 % per year for a net contribution of 0.25% of GDP to the EU budget.

timeforheroes.bsky.social•88 days ago

He's an out of touch dickhead but he at least knows business and can recognise blatant economic self-harm when he sees it.

Shame the BBC are still doing their utmost to bury any negative coverage of Brexit and continue to prop up this disastrous project.

rckjnsn.bsky.social•88 days ago

We will go back to the office and spend hours at the coffee machine gossiping about his fat bum.

tobifrenzen.bsky.social•88 days ago

Ok, Sugartits!

But at least he does make an exception for software writers who "get up at three o'clock in the morning with some kind of brainstorm".

So that's me excused then! 😆

lexschlup.bsky.social•88 days ago

I've been known to hack a few lines out myself, but normally when I get up at 3 in the morning it's due to some kind of bladder, rather than brain, storm ...

theredsquirrels.bsky.social•88 days ago

Why are so many people obessed with where I work?

brokenmarrow.bsky.social•88 days ago

empiricist49.bsky.social•87 days ago

¿Que? But he's already in the office ...

nige1972.bsky.social•88 days ago

I agree with him , but why does he says this then fully get behind those that implemented Brexit etc ?

bullfrog142.bsky.social•88 days ago

He's always been a twat.

errnarf.bsky.social•88 days ago

That's money grabbing, whiny twat

damerainbowwarrior.bsky.social•87 days ago

James, please would you give this a push?
1 personal endorsement from someone, such as yourself, is worth thousands of posts from someone like me - especially now people are deleting Twitter and Facebook it's going to be difficult getting petitions signed 🙏

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700005

leeeyres.bsky.social•88 days ago

Wasn't he pro-Brexit during the referendum?

kevcrq.bsky.social•88 days ago

£multimillion commercial property company owning clown "demands workers back to the office" for some reason

neilk.bsky.social•88 days ago

Because the BBC still has the Brexity stooges put there by the last government in charge

smilo998.bsky.social•88 days ago

I smell Robbie Gibb's continued malevolent influence.

marceltheparcel.bsky.social•88 days ago

I guess when you have a property portfolio as large as his it’s not the biggest shock

drfeellgood.bsky.social•88 days ago

'Listen, don't mention the Brexit. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right'

markhaselgrove.bsky.social•88 days ago

"Speaking from his office at home, Lord Sugar said..."

rohanos.bsky.social•87 days ago

I'll take no lectures from the man who is rare as hen's teeth in his place of work.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10403247/Alan-Sugar-urged-retire-House-Lords-14-attendance-figure.html

kevyb.bsky.social•87 days ago

It might be a very strange coincidence, but I believe Alan makes most of his money renting office space.

whatado.bsky.social•87 days ago

James James James.. Don’t tell me you’re surprised!

oxonandy.bsky.social•87 days ago

Alan Sugar is a dinosaur, totally out of touch with 21st century management. Mind you he’s right about Brexit

caiuspompeymagnus.bsky.social•88 days ago

I’m sick of Lord Sugar after taking his advice I got my bum back into the office. Unfortunately he swore constantly between swigging strong cider. Urinated over the photocopier and vomited on the receptionist.

ruders77.bsky.social•88 days ago

The bbc news employees has had an influx of right wing (and billionaire) sympathisers for years now. At the same time as losing those that were actually impartial.

Use to be a trusted source, is now a bit of a joke

martinpjohnsonbass.bsky.social•88 days ago

This guy has a bit of an anal fixation. His "as long as there's a bloody hole in my arse" apprentice line will haunt me forever.

legwill.bsky.social•87 days ago

Comment on the article on the BBC site.

grand944.bsky.social•88 days ago

I'll get mine back into the office when he gets his into a ditch.

zombie-nut.bsky.social•88 days ago

Time this dinosaur was put out to pasture! Also “Interaction with more mature colleagues” Naaa…That don’t sound creepy at all!

djaymanic.bsky.social•87 days ago

The businessman-turned-TV personality, who owns office space in central London

And that there is why, fuck him

kieronmurphy.bsky.social•88 days ago

BBC are complicit in the whole Brexit disaster

lightenup.bsky.social•87 days ago

I wholeheartedly agree with his thoughts on Brexit. On getting bums bak on seats and away from working from home, the noble Lord has a commercial property portfolio, and it may be an element of self-interest here. 😳

naturalmessiah.bsky.social•87 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/naturalmessiah.bsky.social/post/3lgx4detdks2f

jamesdankworth.bsky.social•87 days ago

The Beeb

rooflight1.bsky.social•88 days ago

BBC wing of the Tory party says what now?

lenny-66.bsky.social•88 days ago

BBC Typically ignoring the elephant in the room..

infinitytruth.bsky.social•87 days ago

eu designed to fail

= bankrupt debt union

leading to communism

macfoggy.bsky.social•88 days ago

he shd pay tax bill here rather than paying accountants to hide thr money only the none doms have left thy were only taking not putting in . [email protected]

genbuckturgidson.bsky.social•87 days ago

A cheap ad for a shit TV show bullied into News rather than where it belongs in (s)light entertainment

tnetennba.bsky.social•87 days ago

Right wing partiality by BBC is part of the reason for the rise of the right wing

stv1dr.bsky.social•88 days ago

BBC doesn't acknowledge BREXIT, let alone the Rejoin campaign.

allenbrindle.bsky.social•88 days ago

Was pleased to see he was allowed to say that unhindered this morning. Felt almost shocking to hear someone say that Brexit has been a disaster on the BBC and it go unchallenged.

michaelroberts71.bsky.social•87 days ago

May be worth asking Amol Rajan (Media Editor) or Katie Razzall (Culture and Media Editor) or Faisal Islam (Economics Editor) or Laura Kuenssberg (Political Editor and friend of Boris). "That's a bold statement." Names supplied by DeepSeek so you could try anyone.

michaelroberts71.bsky.social•88 days ago

Had cause to call my broadband provider as BBC NEWS 24 had not appeared on my TV channel list for over a week. Apologised and told me it had not been loading for the entire East London Area for that week and that I was the first person to call to report it. Is BBC NEWS relevant anymore? Why is that?

chilternbirder.bsky.social•88 days ago

Maybe people prefer BBC news by other delivery methods. I get it on the radio and the Internet. I can pass on a TV rolling news channel from regardless of the provider

michaelroberts71.bsky.social•87 days ago

Can't be ignored that the BBCs own data suggests a move away from the BBC as a reliable source for news. Article highlighted by James is an illustration of this. It steers clear of the economic reality of Brexit, ignores the affect on foreign policy leading to a dependency on Trump. Not Big NEWS?!

michaelroberts71.bsky.social•88 days ago

The BBC will always be a mouthpiece for the orthodoxy of the owners of Britain. It ticks the 'impartiality box' in the same way you tick the box saying you have read and understand the T&Cs of your mobile phone contract. The Brits have been told they're impartial since 1922. News editors aren't.

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