Sugar’s inflammatory tweet is one occasion when ‘You’re fired’ is NOT an appropriate response
Bad taste: Lord Sugar.
One of the tweets below describes Lord Sugar as a “pound shop Trump” – and in his “I’ll do what I like” attitude that seems an entirely appropriate criticism.
But while Trump has been accused of acting like a totalitarian dictator, Sugar has scandalously tried to portray one of our greatest democrats as a supporter of one.
Look at the state of this:
"Lord" Alan Sugar defames @jeremycorbyn as a Nazi puppet.
YOU MUST FIGHT BACK AGAINST THESE SMEARS! pic.twitter.com/nCq3XgPgqb
— Asa Winstanley (@AsaWinstanley) March 30, 2018
It’s not even a “jest”. It’s a nasty smear; an attempt to persuade the public that one of the UK’s strongest crusaders against racism of any kind, including anti-Semitism, was a supporter of the Holocaust.
Perhaps he thought it was a populist move, and he’d get a lot of support. If so, he thought wrong.
The most statesmanlike response came from Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell:
People have contacted me about Alan Sugar’s tweet. I just make this appeal to him. Please delete and disown it. We all desperately need to bring people together now. We can hold strong views about each other’s politics but now is the time to learn from each other and unite people
— John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) March 30, 2018
I have no way of knowing the inner workings of Lord Sugar’s mind, but the offending tweet has now been deleted (although not disowned). If it was because of this intervention, then at least he hasn’t completely taken leave of his senses.
But the damage had been done.
Not acceptable!
I suggest photoshopped images like THIS put the leader of the opposition in clear & present danger of losing his life to the likes of right wing thugs like the one who murdered Labour MP Jo Cox. https://t.co/0Yao0Sli1Z— John Clarke (@JohnClarke1960) March 30, 2018
Blairite and ex Labour evidently @Lord_Sugar thinks this is funny. I think it is disgusting, especially from a man with Jewish heritage! https://t.co/cF3g1ZUp4r
— 🕊💜mick💜🕊 (@BeholdTheGlove) March 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/xugla/status/979828570297196545
Just imagine if Labour or Momentum posted an image showing Benjamin Netanyahu sitting next to Hitler.
Sir Alan Sugar and those applauding the image of Jeremy Corbyn would be outraged.#EnoughIsEnough #Hypocrisy https://t.co/nMZOTZrIFJ
— Socialist Voice (@SocialistVoice) March 30, 2018
You are a peer of the realm @Lord_Sugar and you have brought your position into disrepute with your offensive tweet. It promotes hatred and that is irresponsible.
I hope you will therefore swallow your pride, delete it and make a fulsome apology— Chris Williamson (@DerbyChrisW) March 30, 2018
If this pathetic smear-mongering bile is what passes for political debate in the House of Lords these days, no wonder the country is so utterly screwed. https://t.co/qCaLnxNCgJ
— Another Angry Voice (@Angry_Voice) March 30, 2018
Just when you tweet "ignore the trolls" Lord Pound Shop Trump goes and tweets Corbyn as a Nazi. #FireSugar
— EL4C (@EL4JC) March 30, 2018
If any person had done a picture like Lord Sugar did of a RW Labour MP there would be all hell let loose, rightfully so, anti semitism would be yelled, but it seems not one of them have made complaint … speaks volumes doesn.t it… it is ok for RW to insult Corbyn as a Natzi.
— Isobel_Waby we NEED a COALITION (@Isobel_waby) March 30, 2018
And now there's this. pic.twitter.com/pNbNCZE2bD
— Pauline Lane (@Antonineone1) March 30, 2018
In 2013 Sugar was investigated by police after a complaint thatone of his tweets was racist. The message contained a photo of a child of Chinese origin crying,with the caption"The kid in the middle is upset because he was told off for leaving the production line of the iPhone 5" pic.twitter.com/VWDyvBfVde
— SeerOfJustice (@Justice_Seer) March 30, 2018
In1994,Sugar appeared on television holding the last shirt Klinsmann wore for Spurs and said he wouldn't wash his car with it. He referred to foreigners coming into the Premier League at high wages as "Carlos Kickaballs".Klinsmann retaliated by calling Sugar"a man without honour" pic.twitter.com/nAguVdjoCk
— SeerOfJustice (@Justice_Seer) March 30, 2018
The verdict: Lord Sugar’s tweet was an attempt to stir up hatred against Mr Corbyn – to worsen a crisis rather than help resolve it. He appears to have ‘form’ in this regard, having made hatefully sexist and racist comments in the past. So I say: Deleting the tweet is not enough.
We all deserve a full apology.
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Sick zionist b*****d
You think Zionist? That’s the first such suggestion I’ve heard about Lord Sugar.
I think he just doesn’t like Jeremy Corbyn very much. Let’s not complicate matters unless we have evidence, eh? Unsourced accusation is someone else’s way.
Without getting into a deep discussion about the use of the Z-word, nor whether he *is or *isn’t, can I suggest that, especially without elucidation as well as placing it right next to an expletive, its use is not particularly helpful here. In spite of the whole contex, I think it’s less about the politics and more about him being an utter twat. He’s been really stupid and he is going to have to wear it. Let him own it.
Eventually the penny will drop, the filthy zionist cult is a den of scoundrels, they’ll say and do anything to defend their abomination.
I feel that people are getting this whole Zionist thing mixed up with corporate greed and panic.
No corporation whether Jewish owned or otherwise wants Jeremy Corbyn to become Prime Minister because it will affect their profits – that’s why all of this is happening.
I have always thought Sugar to be an extremely unpleasant individual.