LONDON (Reuters) - Tycoon Alan Sugar, famous for his putdown "you're fired" on hit TV show "The Apprentice", said he was considering firing himself from his government job after a backlash at comments he made about struggling small businesses.
Blunt-speaking Sugar was recruited by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in June to take on a business advisory role, specialising in small and medium-sized companies -- a sector particularly badly hit by the worst economic downturn in decades.
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