The ambitious contestants on this – or any of the last 15 – series of The Apprentice appear to have been insulated from this generational rot. He hasn’t even been looking for an apprentice since 2011, when the prize switched from a job in his company to a £250,000 investment. Tim Campbell, Alan Sugar and Karren Brady (Photo: BBC/Ray Burmiston/Naked)On The Apprentice, showmanship is more important than talent, skill, independent thought or imagination. This is hardly survival of the fittest – Apprentice hopefuls have so little common sense they could not survive a car wash. The Apprentice is the very worst of Britain.