Angry Sugar defends ‘chastised’ bankers

Lord Sugar, who hosts the television series The Apprentice, has defended banks from criticism that they are not doing enough to support entrepreneurs.

Lord Sugar, 64, who was the Labour government’s enterprise tsar, said banks were being “chastised” for lending responsibly.

He told the Radio Times: “It’s all b******s, that is. It’s total rubbish, political garbage. The banks were villains by acting irresponsibly, but now they’re trying to act responsibly, they’re getting chastised for not lending irresponsibly again…

“It is a total joke, a complete and utter political joke.”