Sir Alan Sugar joins the House of Lords

[Marco81blues]

masonic rituals

[svecter]

Lord Shmuck prick bankrupted his own business( Amstrad) by not sampling and testing the chipboard for a new WP, before ordering a million from China that turned out to be shite.

Then got his big jew mate Murderhack to bail him out with a bent contract to make Sky sat dishes.

What a businessman!

"IT AINT WHAT YOU KNOW ITS JEW YOU KNOW".

[gobildigookable]

you can see how happy he is :)

[greenbutterfly101]

What a great man. Great stuff

[TheWarmcube]

is this Trumpton?

[gunboatd1plomat]

yorwa faaackin disgrace! this establishment is a faaackin shaambows!

[FatFriendly1]

alan sugar = cunt

[jedi0305]

Sounds like Joey Tribbiani used his thesaurus to write the opening speech 

[stixflix06]

Baron of Hackney. Sounds delightful...

[andyhibbert]

Look at this mediEVIL bullshit, fuck me, we're almost in 2012, not 1802!

[TheMarmite09]

am i the only waiting for some funny shit to happen

[skodabreath]

what did they say at the end as he shaked that womans hand?

[GREMLlN]

it would be much more fun to watch if they were all on segways

[florencelovme]

I would burst into laughter lol

[WILL2LIV3]

What is that noise at 4:01 ?!

[Madfoot713]

That wig is absolutely ridiculous

[3Deity]

He was Sir Alan Sugar and hated being referred to as 'SAS'.

[TalonMercenary]

Santa Sugar

[MrWubbWubb]

He changed Sir Alan because people said S'rallen. Now Lord Sugar can become Lord Sugar-tits

[Nitronick]

@KeepEuropeWhite

One that's an actual Lord?

Like Lord Sugar.

[rivenoak]

@Nitronick

actually Baron Sugar

"The QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 20 July 2009 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon Sir Alan Michael Sugar, Knight,

by the name, style and title of BARON SUGAR of Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney."

[ahmir2500]

@vroom2000 thanks

[ahmir2500]

why do they bow their heads

[turismo1992]

lolllll this is some of the craziest shite iv seen in my lifee :P wtf is this place loll

[eggz01]

"I solemnly and sincerely declare and affirm that I will be faithful and bare true legions to her majesty the queen Elizabeth."

"HAHA!!! YOU'RE ALL FIRED!"

[Aldeni1551]

I wonder if Voldemort had to go through this bullshit for his title as well.

[whotaughtyou]

PROPER

[whotaughtyou]

WHO HE

[Hamilcar275]

I'd rather be addressed as Sir rather than Lord... to be called a Lord must be excruciatingly embarrassing.

[xMandalorex]

@Hamilcar275

really? lol Lord is higher then sir,

Lord is an awesome rank

[Hamilcar275]

A sir is a Knight of the Realm. A Lord is a mere peer of the realm. A peerage is offered as a reward for political activities. Knighthoods are mostly awarded for success in the arts, business, academia, charity, politics etc. I'm against the honours system as it currently stands. When John Prescott can became a portly peer of the shires then something has been fucked up.

[rivenoak]

@KeepEuropeWhite "Who the fuck does he think he is ?"

"The QUEEN has been pleased ...to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon Sir Alan Michael Sugar, Knight, by the name, style and title of BARON SUGAR of Clapton in the London Borough of Hackney."

Barons are entitled to be adressed as such, by employees too.

Properly adressed as Lord Sugar by everybody else; his employees included, exept he says otherwise. He IS a Lord and done.

[HerrWagnerfreund]

Where are Lord Vader and Lord Voldemort?

[rivenoak]

@HerrWagnerfreund

Lord Snape is real. ;)

[Themysticpriest]

@KeepEuropeWhite He has every right. Its a huge achievement for anyone to achieve and if one cannot feel good for coming from where he was as a child to where he is now then thats just stupid.

[gujibabe28]

LOL wtf, just because his got money his become a lord?!

[dmax631]

baron sugar lol

[NorthWeezy2010]

aaaahhh, this is awesome. we are witnessing the birth of the real Darth Vader

[NorthWeezy2010]

@KeepEuropeWhite derpp, thats his title derppppp de derrrr. its like you being a teacher and your students call you mr or mrs.

[GeorgeWLamb]

I thought he said "Hi !" when he first started speaking haha

[05marshalljw]

@KeepEuropeWhite Like doctors and called doctors, Reverends are called Reverends

[sarah1ooo1]

Vile as ever, Should be called the house of horrors. House of theivery, House of betrayal, House of lies, House of filth and debauchery.

The house of bullshitery ! lol

[thorplands9]

Hope he wasn't bursting for a piss ....twaddle

[castlecolten]

MY God, I thought that was a joke on "Blackadder" about the "cat skin wind cheaters"!!!

[borjon23]

And the vulgarization of the Lords is complete!

[NathanRGreenway]

I can't respect Lord Alan Sugar enough, he deserves being titled.

[RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF]

alans a slimy bastard ,all the products ever produced were shite

[hanghoodiescum]

@RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF please dont be rude about my uncle please

[RICHARDTOMLEY10WHARF]

@hanghoodiescum i dont acknowledge him being a lord ,so i would adress him as alan ,he would have to wait for me

[Rac665]

@hanghoodiescum

Hey, while you guys are arguing over this guy, do you think you can pause your bickering to explain to me as an American just what in the hell the "House of Lords" DOES? Is it under threat to dissolve? Does it have any real power anymore? I'm just curious. Is it more of a "dog and pony" show nowadays?

[tonka998]

@Rac665 The House of Lords, on paper, is a way of scrutinising the Government, but in the last decade or so, they do not block anything from the House of Commons because they feel they don't have the right to do so. They are not democratically voted in, but chosen by select people and few people in the UK feel they should have any power in law-making decisions. The idea of a US style democratically elected Supreme Court has come up, but I'm not sure if it's actually going ahead!

[Rac665]

@tonka998

I was under the assumption that the Lords consists of professionals from various trades. Back in the day Ithe House of Lords were aristocrats from the upper class I thought. Since the upper class tend to be professionals in the modern world, I'm assuming that's what the Lords are now. My question is what exactly is wrong with an appointed House full of experts and respected professionals? Say If the Commons puts out policy dealing with medical issues, I would much rather (cont)

[kanenkitten]

@Rac665: But you see the Aristocrats aren't allowed to vote for the commons so you'd have a more neutral upper chamber as the aristocrats would have little reason to be corupt due to already having required cash from their lands.

[Rac665]

@tonka998

...have someone make policy on issues that they have worked in before. Who says a Career Politician should dictate issues of education, medicine etc. What would be the point of having a democratically appointed House of Lords? Wouldn't it be just another "Commons"? The UK seems to small to have something along the lines of our "Senate".

[Lorddoucheington]

Good job Sir Allen has joined the House of Lords, what with him being an elected, professional politician!

[1982labman]

businessmen and politiicians should not mix end of....

[StevenDeedle]

House of liars, vote bnp, it's britains only hope of winning the political war between indigeous brits and thousands of 3rd world immigrants.

[ToaJoe]

@StevenDeedle OK, let's just forget about the disgusting racist BNP policies for a moment. They have no plan for the economy, no plan for the NHS, no plan for anything other than kicking all black people out. Therefore, they are not a political party and shouldn't be allowed to stand for elections.

[namemasher]

Your fired!!

[L30TM]

near the end, he shakes a ladie's hand, then everyone said something, then he shakes another ladies hand, why?

[reilly616]

@L30TM They said, "Hear, hear," which is a term used in houses of Parliament to express agreement. Usually said after a comment is made, I would assume that in this context it is the traditional way of politely showing approval in the Lords. I'm open to correction here, but I think applause is (at least traditionally) not the done thing in the UK Houses of Parliament. Here in Ireand, as with most other places, applause is fine.

[L30TM]

@reilly616 Ah okay makes sense thanks

[richyb21]

3 be 2 did well

[TuRdSandwitch18]

i cant stand all this formal shit

[EMPRODUCTIONS2010]

rich twats

[Nabou1]

Ambitious used car salesman, admired by people who know nothing about life, and only really admire the accumulation of money. Used by Labour because he's one of the few successful business men who still looks like a dodgy working class geezer. Why does he still support Labour in his position? Tribal Labour man, really though, talks Labour, lives conservative.

[Johnno85]

@Nabou1 Bullshit!

[Nabou1]

@Johnno85 Clever response, Red John. I get used to the wisdom of the vacant so called left, you all seem to have the same vocabulary. Four legs good, two legs bad, it always ends up the same for all successful socialists - everyone's equal but some are more equal than others.

[cjellwood]

wtf is this twat doing as a Lord? So it seems both the Digital Bill and the enoblement of a knob was on the list of things to rush through before labour got kicked out. Anyone who has ever worked for this guy knows he is a money obsessed prick and cares for nobody!

[and551]

@cjellwood how the christ would you know

[cjellwood]

@and551 because I worked for him at Amstrad 15 years ago designing his fax machines. He had no concern for the quality of the product or the consumers, he just focused on profit. Maybe he is suited to governement?

[ednuttah]

Amazing what £200,000 gets you these days.

[234566tgvb]

I like Alan Sugar.  Straight forward, to the point and also seems like a plesant person.

[1965CAPTKIRK]

Gets made a Lord by liebour then donates 400.000 to them, your fired! sugar!

[ToaJoe]

@1965CAPTKIRK Labour gets 400,000 donated to them by an honest business like Sugar. The rich Tory cunts get millions of pounds donated to them by a criminal named Lord Ashcroft. Therefore, you cannot take the moral higher ground here. Fuck off.

[1965CAPTKIRK]

@ToaJoe Who said I was a Tory? they banned me from their website for saying same old bullshit different arseholes so you fuck off turd!

[burntrim]

This is why the Lords is still there. They make the trouble makers members. The accents may change but everything stays the same.

[pealcake]

lord pealcake of argyll and bute sounds like a good title for me :P

[jrawle]

Sugar affirmed his allegiance rather than "taking the oath": there was no bible and no reference to God. Compare this video to your one of Michael Martin. It's an important distinction, particularly for those people who believe in the separation of the state and religion.

[Andy1982able]

@jrawle Lord Sugar still 'took the oath'. He simply used the affirmation working instead of the religious version. Two important points: 1) The oath is to the Queen and not God. 2) I suspect Lord Sugar's decision to use the affirmation wording with no Bible and no reference to God is because Lord Sugar is Jewish. I doubt he gave any consideration to the so-called separation of church and state.

[jrawle]

@Andy1982able The Oaths Act 1978 states that anyone is "permitted to make his solemn affirmation instead of taking an oath." So an affirmation is not an oath. The comment about religion was meant in general terms, not necessarily as Lord Sugar's motive for affirming. Historically, the oath was effectively a bar to certain people sitting in parliament, particularly Catholics and Jews. Google "the parliamentary oath" for an interesting paper on it.

[kanenkitten]

@Andy1982able: The Church and the State are one in the UK. Of course if he wanted to swear the oath rather than give a affirmation he could have used a copy of the Old Testiment (as you can't touch a Torah)

[DavidMcMenamin]

cool beans

[SirOrfeoKingofThrace]

I'm so embarrased that this guy sits in the Lords, he shows no interest in it or the people suffering in the recession.

[scottc9100]

to the contrary he has given many a speech and engaged in many a debate on the recession and how we will get out of it...its these type of people who should be in the Lords someone with a little nuance of business acumen

[robthesamplist]

i like the little smile when hackney got read

[Nosmos]

Someone should have offered a you're fired as he left the chamber!!!

[kieltehsmith]

its liek little kids doin a play or sumat ha xD

[Jemeela]

jeez that man waffles on.

[Jiyuu89]

Haha, I bet he was thinking "sh*t I look like Santa"

[guardianlighthouse]

@Jiyuu89 I bet he is thinking "oh come on, cut all the craps and let me go..."