His Sugaryness Has Seen Enough!

[ToraToraTora]

http://news.sky.com/story/1481816/lord-sugar-quits-anti-enterprise-labour

[Hymie]

Not enough to renounce his peerage.

[tonyav]

Hey, he bought that fair and square.

[sunny-dave]

Best answer for Mr AV please :)

[anotheoldgit]

Another one who has got the message that Labour doesn't work.

[Canary42]

Another one who has got the message that the Tories are the party for the rich.

[Gromit]

Labour Party - You're Fired!

[anotheoldgit]

Canary42

/// Another one who has got the message that the Tories are the party for the rich. ///

Took Sugar long enough to find that out.

Sugar has been rich for years, why didn't he join the Conservative party years ago?

[bazwillrun]

Its not all gloom and doom...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11594883/Labour-is-facing-a-decade-in-the-wilderness-party-grandees-warn.html

oh hold on.....

[bazwillrun]

"Another one who has got the message that the Tories are the party for the rich"

sooner everybody else cottons on then the sooner theyll keep the money theyre earning for themselves rather than labour stealing it from them to squander on its idiealistic fantasies

[youngmafbog]

Canary, it is precisely because of views like yours that labour are in the place they are.

Socialism and politics of envy are a thing of the past. Mr Blair realized this and hece secured his victories.

[bazwillrun]

"Socialism and politics of envy are a thing of the past"

but thats where most labourites live and think..in the past

[Old_Geezer]

"Politics of envy", was always a meaningless phrase used simply to dismiss left wing ideas. "Politics of equity", would be a more fitting description, with it's hopes of community all helping each other.

Blair merely realised that with the Tories on the back foot he could depend on the left wing voters having no one else to vote for, and could grab a lot of middle/right votes by abandoning the "fair play" principles the party held dear. Basically becoming Tory party lite. Giving the public the impression that he was simply an unprincipled opportunist. But however he is seen, those cynical tactics worked for a while.

The past should not be simply dismissed. Much has been lost along the way as new fashions take hold for a while. Sooner or later folk will start to value community over self interest again.

I think the main stumbling block is the idea that many can play the system and expect society to fund them without they contributing; and that the contributors are always the same cash cows being abused by the government. Crack that one and society can make progress once more.

[Ellipsis]

I don't get it. To summarise Lord Sugar's position -

"Even if Labour had won I was going to quit because I don't agree with their negative business policies ... but I did my best to help them win by not quitting or making my disagreement public before the election. Now they've lost, Miliband has gone and they might need some help to become more business friendly, I'm quitting. Despite this, I am a very loyal person."

It seems to me that his actions are exactly what you would expect of somebody who agreed, rather than disagreed, with Miliband's approach to business. I'm convinced this isn't the case, just confused why he waited until now when it might have made the difference to the UK being saddled with a business approach that he did not agree with ...

[excelsior-1]

"However, I am a loyal person and rather than use my decision to possibly damage the party's chances in the election, I decided, as a relatively high-profile individual, to keep my intentions quiet for the duration of the campaign."

a bit full of himself, isn't he

[Khandro]

He's finally realised that Maggie was correct when she said “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.” and he no longer wants to cough up to keep the feckless on benefits.

[ichkeria]

One of the great mysteries to me was what that spiv was ever doing in the Labour Party in the first place

[naomi24]

^It's his roots ... innit.