Any of the panel of Dragons Den
Gawd I hate them with a passion, every last man and woman.
They sum up the slimy, sleazy MBA suit infested mentality that is rotting this country, with their patronising small minded inneundo about how wonderful *they* are and how shite everyone else is.

What is worse they then end up as celeb themselves.

Oh fer fucks sake, theives and whores the lot of 'em
(Sir Tainley Barking Ezekiel 23:20, Mon 8 Feb 2010, 22:10, 5 replies)

Bannatyne = ballbag
There is no need for Duncan Bannatyne to be such a complete cunt to people who come on the show. Even though some of the participants - judging by their ideas - are completely batshit mentalists, they have poured a lot of hopes and dreams into their ideas.

The sneering putdowns of Bannatyne are completely unnecessary - at least James Caan makes an effort to provide a sympathetic response and provide a bit of advice wherever possible.
(anvil, Mon 8 Feb 2010, 22:17, closed)

I'm not sure any of them have an MBA
I think most of them are from the leave school at 16 and found own business brigade.

Worked for a company where I used to meet a lot of self-made types, some are wankers - and yes, I agree with you re the DD panel - but many have some real stories to tell.

Sitting at a dinner where everyone else has at least seven noughts on the end of their bank balance while you're struggling to pay the rent isn't much fun, though...
(Capo, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 0:28, closed)

I have a lot of time
For the self made who worked bloody hard to get where they are. One guy I know of does developing. Still lends a hand sparkying, and if he is developing a big house into smaller units will make sure that he would be happy to live there as well as making sure the development fits in with the rest of the area.

There are two types of business people IMHO. The first think: "I'm in this for the long haul, so I'll play things straight as an arrow, as people will come back to someone they trust"

The second type are those who think they're a cut above by lying, conning and cheating. They try to make a pile quickly and then wonder why business people are so badly regarded.
I also don't have a lot of time for those selling non-services on the back of pyramid schemes and sweated labour. Mr Bannatine comes to mind, as does Deborah meadon (or is that midden).
(Sir Tainley Barking Ezekiel 23:20, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 0:49, closed)

"Let me tell you where I am..."
Every time Theo comes out with this toe-curlingly facile line, I find myself screaming at the telly "You're right there in front of me, you mong!"

Gits, the lot of 'em. Especially the Scottish one.
(Billy The Fish wants to gargle with Lucy Pinder's bath water, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 6:43, closed)

Clicking dis
I like the show, it does give you a decent insight into the cutthroat world of Gordon Gecko type arseholes.

But fully agree most of the put-downs are sheer unnecessary, merely serving to feed the ego of the dragon.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 9 Feb 2010, 11:42, closed)