Lord Sugar promises to LEAVE the UK if Jeremy Corbyn makes it to No10
LORD Sugar says he will quit the UK if Jeremy Corbyn becomes Prime Minister.
The Apprentice boss also vowed to stop paying huge tax bills should the Labour leader get into No 10.
Lord Sugar, 71, said: “Corbyn, if he gets in I’m out. That’s for sure. That is a promise I will make to The Sun. If he’s in, I’m out. I won’t be writing £50million tax cheques any more. I’m gone. I don’t know where but I won’t be here.”
The businessman, once one of Labour’s largest donors, quit the party in 2015 after 18 years — citing its “negative” stance on business.
He remains an Independent peer in the House of Lords, after being granted a life peerage under Gordon Brown in 2009. He gave the party £163,827 after Ed Miliband became leader in 2010.
But he sympathised with PM Theresa May over Brexit negotiations, saying: “She’s got a tough job. I think she’s doing as best she can under the circumstances. She’s been lumbered with it, so to speak.
“She took over when Cameron just walked off and left the party and Government to it.”
Lord Sugar also has his hands full with The Apprentice, which returns to BBC One at 9pm tonight.
He warned contestants about trying to keep new-found fame alive on “lesser” reality shows.
Lord Sugar said: “Some are a bit stupid. Some will do anything to get back on TV and get lured into what I call third rate programmes where they sometimes are exploited.”
But his show also faces controversy after The Sun yesterday revealed new contestant Daniel Elahi, 28, had a cannabis drug-dealing conviction.
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