Sugar for Tzar

Sir (or should I say Lord?) Sugar has sparked off a whole new controversy.

According to an article on the BBC, he is weighing up the post of Enterprise Tzar for the British Government, against continuing with BBC's The Apprentice.

Tough choice? I'd say not. Although I don't agree that he says this is not a political move...and am really hoping it's not a publicity stunt (although hats off to his PR consultant if it is). Anyone that works as an advisor to the government has to have a vested interest in seeing their role through to success, which would mean success for the government too and therefore be to their benefit. If you're a staunch Conservative (or BNP, given they're the only ones that give two hoots about elections these days), you wouldn't dream of such a thing.

However that's not my point here.

My point is that it is the BBC that is asking him to decide between the (long running) Apprentice series and this new gig as Tzar to Gordon Brown. Doesn't that strike you as odd? Surely if anything the Government should say that he must reconsider whether it is appropriate in his new position to keep firing people so very publicly. Maybe he could offer offer them some training instead.