Labour Lord Alan Sugar has got a bit fiery over the BBC’s decision to keep The Apprentice off air during the election campaign whilst going ahead with the broadcast of Over the Rainbow, which is fronted by Tory supporter Andrew Lloyd Webber. “We saw him in The Sun newspaper last week saying he backs Mr Cameron,” Sugar complained recently, after The Apprentice was postponed following a formal complaint by the Conservative party.
Speaking of elections, a thread on the Whatsonstage.com forum is currently pondering suitable theatre roles for politicians – Peter Madelson as Iago? Boris Johnson as Falstaff? Vince Cable as Polonius? – click here to have your say…