SIR ALAN SET TO BECOME BROWN'S APPRENTICE?

Sir Alan Sugar, best described by husky BBC voice over man as: "Britain's most Beleaguered boss" and known to the masses throughout the UK as the bloke who shouts "You're Fired" at 9.57pm every Wednesday, is rumoured to be getting his very own apprenticeship - in Primeminister Gordon Brown's Labour Cabinet.

The Star of cult BBC1 show "The Apprentice" was photographed slipping out of 10 Downing Street on Thursday June 4, after apparently meeting Gordon Brown.

I say 'slipping' very loosely. After all, how can a national TV star, in front of a thrall of press photographers, who motors around in a blacked-out Rolls Royce with the private plate "AMS 1", slip anywhere?

He may be small in size, but these days Alan Sugar can't buy a sandwich without someone spotting him.

He is trendy though... He's the only pensioner I know that can pull off a skinny tie with a suit and rolls in a car with bigger alloys and a darker tint than 50 Cent!

Brown & Sugar have been friends for years, and after a series of political and expense indiscretions from his cabinet, Brown is keen to reassert his authority within the Labour party and quash any plans to call for a general election.

I'm not sure hiring a TV star is a tried and tested way to do it though, and I'd be interested to see if Sugar is put through the same rigorous application process he puts his so called 'Apprentices' (more like half-wit's based on this years dross) through?

So far, Gordon Brown doesn't seem to have the bottle to give it the big "Your Fired" finger like Sir Alan. Perhaps that's what he was teaching Brown at Downing Street, because "Don't do it again or you'll have to resign" doesn't seem to have the same ring to it.

A Downing Street spokesman gave the expected and pretty predictable response of: "He's a member of the Business Council and the prime minister has meetings with businessmen on a regular basis."

I never expected a confession, but this could have sounded a bit more convincing. Mind you, there is a credit crunch. Perhaps Downing Street Press Officers aren't getting paid what they used to?

Sir Alan also gave a predictable response, however his was far more outspoken and energetic, as we've all come to expect from the Amstrad Giant (I say Giant, I'm using juxtaposition for sarcastic purposes here. Alan Sugar is actually 5ft 6in tall and therefore is not a 'Giant').

He said: "It’s none of your business."

Although it is yet to be confirmed, if Sir Alan did take a role within Gordon Brown's cabinet after the expected reshuffle, he would also have to take a seat in the House of Lords.

Somehow, I doubt they'd allow Sir Alan's trusty aides Nick & Margaret or his controversial booster seat in there.....

For more information on Sir Alan Sugar's Booster Chair, go to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1021278/Alan-Sugar-DOES-booster-seat-weve-got-picture-prove-it.html