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Caught in the firing line

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From: Birmingham Mail
Date: 20080530
Author:Maureen Messent

FOR once the bluster and lies didn't work. Michael Sophocles, the short and fat one from The Apprentice on BBC One, has got the chop.

What we don't understand is how he lasted so long. Surely his manipulating the truth was enough to get his backside kicked off weeks ago.

"I'm a good Jewish lad," we learned he wrote on his application form, a blatant attempt to win over old Sugar.

But, come the crunch a fortnight ago, this good Jewish boy didn't know the difference between a kosher and halal chicken.

"I'm only half-Jewish," he whined.

"If you can't make your mind up, we can always whip ...

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