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| Lord Sugar is accused of constructive dismissal, but why? | Lord Sugar is accused of constructive dismissal, but why? |
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| Age: 65 | Age: 65 |
| Appearance: Discombobulating | Appearance: Discombobulating |
| Who's he? You can't not know who Alan Sugar is. Look above. Don't you recognise him? | Who's he? You can't not know who Alan Sugar is. Look above. Don't you recognise him? |
| Him? He's a person? He looks like that furry egg puppet who presents that daft comedy show full of people who should be banished to an unnamed island for the good of humanity. Called The Tool, I believe. Or presume. Ah. Through a welter of misunderstandings, I perceive that we are talking about the same person. That furry egg is Sir-Alan-now-Lord-Sugar and he presents what is in fact a non-comedy show called The Apprentice, wherein people compete for a chance to win a £100,000-a-year job at his company, Viglen. | Him? He's a person? He looks like that furry egg puppet who presents that daft comedy show full of people who should be banished to an unnamed island for the good of humanity. Called The Tool, I believe. Or presume. Ah. Through a welter of misunderstandings, I perceive that we are talking about the same person. That furry egg is Sir-Alan-now-Lord-Sugar and he presents what is in fact a non-comedy show called The Apprentice, wherein people compete for a chance to win a £100,000-a-year job at his company, Viglen. |
| People who should be banished to unnamed islands? That part was correct, yes. | People who should be banished to unnamed islands? That part was correct, yes. |
| Has someone banished them? Is that why he's in the news? No, he's being sued for constructive dismissal by Stella English, winner of season six. | Has someone banished them? Is that why he's in the news? No, he's being sued for constructive dismissal by Stella English, winner of season six. |
| Did she think he was a furry egg presenting a joke programme too? No, she was a fan, keen for the chance to be mentored by him. She claims she turned up at Viglen and was told by an allegedly contemptuous chief executive Bordan Tkachuk that "there was no job" and became, in her words, "an overpaid lackey" who saw "mentor" Sugar just five times in 13 months. | Did she think he was a furry egg presenting a joke programme too? No, she was a fan, keen for the chance to be mentored by him. She claims she turned up at Viglen and was told by an allegedly contemptuous chief executive Bordan Tkachuk that "there was no job" and became, in her words, "an overpaid lackey" who saw "mentor" Sugar just five times in 13 months. |
| I'd love to be an overpaid anything, but I accept that's not the point at the moment, so carry on. She says she was then ostracised by colleagues and eventually resigned. She claims Sugar told her he didn't "give a shit" but she accepted a job at YouView, another Sugar-run company, which he apparently offered her to avoid bad publicity. She says she was happy there and about to apply for promotion when he told her her contract wouldn't be renewed. | I'd love to be an overpaid anything, but I accept that's not the point at the moment, so carry on. She says she was then ostracised by colleagues and eventually resigned. She claims Sugar told her he didn't "give a shit" but she accepted a job at YouView, another Sugar-run company, which he apparently offered her to avoid bad publicity. She says she was happy there and about to apply for promotion when he told her her contract wouldn't be renewed. |
| Thus constructive dismissal. I see. An allegation he denies. He's also in the news because of his borderline brawl at a board meeting with Richard Desmond, whose TV channel backs YouView, after Sugar announced he was resigning from the company. | Thus constructive dismissal. I see. An allegation he denies. He's also in the news because of his borderline brawl at a board meeting with Richard Desmond, whose TV channel backs YouView, after Sugar announced he was resigning from the company. |
| Punches thrown? Lips bloodied? Or do billionaires hire other people to have the actual fisticuffs for them. After a lot of furious shouting, Sugar advanced on Desmond with a raised fist and chased him round the room, according to witnesses. | Punches thrown? Lips bloodied? Or do billionaires hire other people to have the actual fisticuffs for them. After a lot of furious shouting, Sugar advanced on Desmond with a raised fist and chased him round the room, according to witnesses. |
| I'd have paid money to be there. Alas, they don't need it. Otherwise we'd all have bought tickets. | I'd have paid money to be there. Alas, they don't need it. Otherwise we'd all have bought tickets. |
| Do say: "You're like an egg with its own cosy! Too cute!" | Do say: "You're like an egg with its own cosy! Too cute!" |
| Don't say: "If two billionaires fall out in the forest, does anybody give a shit?" | Don't say: "If two billionaires fall out in the forest, does anybody give a shit?" |
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