Lord Alan Sugar has said Brexit has made the UK a “laughing stock” to the rest of the world – adding he is “sick and tired of it.”
The entrepreneur, 72, was speaking at press screening of the newest series of The Apprentice when he made the comments.
It came after the Supreme Court ruled Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted “unlawfully” by proroguing parliament for five weeks on September 9.
Lord Sugar found out the news during the press conference.
When asked his opinion on the ruling and how he believes it will impact businesses, he said: “I couldn’t care less. Frankly, I know I should, but I have to say, at 72 years of age, I am sick and tired of this whole Brexit b****y nonsense.
“I’m sick and tired of the manner in which the whole thing has been conducted.”
He added: “We are a farce, a laughing story to the rest of the world. At 72 years old, I don’t care. Something has got to sort itself out.
“I hope that common sense prevails in the end. I have no opinion [on the ruling]. But that’s a very interesting thing that it got ruled illegal. So I wonder what will happen now.”
When asked if he would invite Johnson on to The Apprentice, he joked: “It depends if he gets out on remand. You know what the BBC are like – they don’t like criminals on their programmes.”
Lord Sugar – who has been criticised in the past for his tweets – has regularly complained Brexit on his Twitter account.
Last year, he was forced to apologised and faced calls to step down after sharing a photo on Twitter of the Senegal football team likening them to men selling sunglasses on a beach in Marbella. He later deleted the tweet.
Ndongo Ndiaye, an adivser for the country’s president, Macky Sall, told The Times: “I think it is very ignorant from someone in his position. Of course, there must be freedom of speech but this was wrong and it is hurtful to the players and people from Senegal. If I was his boss, if I was responsible for him, then I would fire him.”
But when the Standard Online asked if he would ever consider stepping down from the show, he said: “We have got one more series that I’m contracted to, for the record. It’ll be the 16th series. I might do it to 20, 20 sounds like a round figure.”
He added: “One of the reasons I do this programme is to encourage young people. The amount of youngsters I speak to who stop me in the street who say they love the programme and say they’re inspired by it, it’s quite amazing.”
