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As vice-chairman of West Ham United and sidekick to Lord Sugar on BBC1's The Apprentice, Karren Brady has become one of the most recognisable businesswomen in the country.As vice-chairman of West Ham United and sidekick to Lord Sugar on BBC1's The Apprentice, Karren Brady has become one of the most recognisable businesswomen in the country.
Now she is hoping to succeed Sugar, the one-time business tsar to the former Labour government, by following him into politics. "Anything I did in politics would centre around getting people into work," Brady, who has spoken at the Tory party conference, said in a Radio Times interview published on Tuesday, ahead of the return of The Apprentice to BBC1 for its ninth series next week. "I think if you have a job – it doesn't matter what kind of job – it's a step on the ladder, getting up in the morning, having a purpose in life – and there are too many people unemployed."Now she is hoping to succeed Sugar, the one-time business tsar to the former Labour government, by following him into politics. "Anything I did in politics would centre around getting people into work," Brady, who has spoken at the Tory party conference, said in a Radio Times interview published on Tuesday, ahead of the return of The Apprentice to BBC1 for its ninth series next week. "I think if you have a job – it doesn't matter what kind of job – it's a step on the ladder, getting up in the morning, having a purpose in life – and there are too many people unemployed."
Brady recently told Piers Morgan on his ITV chatshow that she would like to go into politics. But asked in the interview whether the Tories had approached her, Brady said: "No. I don't think they watch Piers Morgan. But I would like to know what some of the problems are to help them find the solutions. It's very easy to let politics pass you by and think you can't make a difference. If everyone had the same attitude, things would never change." Brady rose to prominence when she was appointed managing director of Birmingham City in 1993, aged 23, after persuading her employer, David Sullivan, to buy it.Brady recently told Piers Morgan on his ITV chatshow that she would like to go into politics. But asked in the interview whether the Tories had approached her, Brady said: "No. I don't think they watch Piers Morgan. But I would like to know what some of the problems are to help them find the solutions. It's very easy to let politics pass you by and think you can't make a difference. If everyone had the same attitude, things would never change." Brady rose to prominence when she was appointed managing director of Birmingham City in 1993, aged 23, after persuading her employer, David Sullivan, to buy it.
Now vice-chairman of West Ham, and with a string of directorships to her name and a consultant to Simon Cowell's company Syco, Brady could always turn to Sugar for advice, after he served as business tsar to the then prime minister Gordon Brown.Now vice-chairman of West Ham, and with a string of directorships to her name and a consultant to Simon Cowell's company Syco, Brady could always turn to Sugar for advice, after he served as business tsar to the then prime minister Gordon Brown.
Appointed in 2009, he was told his services were no longer required by the coalition government when it was elected a year later.Appointed in 2009, he was told his services were no longer required by the coalition government when it was elected a year later.
Brady criticised the government's planned £1,500 tax break to help families cover the cost of childcare as inadequate. "It's a tip of the hat, that's all. It costs what it costs," she said. "If you own a taxi and put petrol in it, you're allowed to claim that against your business – so what's the difference?"Brady criticised the government's planned £1,500 tax break to help families cover the cost of childcare as inadequate. "It's a tip of the hat, that's all. It costs what it costs," she said. "If you own a taxi and put petrol in it, you're allowed to claim that against your business – so what's the difference?"
Brady, who has two teenage children, said it was the lack of good-quality childcare that made many talented women drop out of the workforce. She said working mothers were "frightened of what other people think, frightened of what they think, frightened that they're going to make a mistake, frightened that they're bad parents. It's about trying to find a balance."Brady, who has two teenage children, said it was the lack of good-quality childcare that made many talented women drop out of the workforce. She said working mothers were "frightened of what other people think, frightened of what they think, frightened that they're going to make a mistake, frightened that they're bad parents. It's about trying to find a balance."
Brady said in a previous interview: "I'm a Conservative supporter, and if they asked me, I'd do anything for my country. That becomes more appealing to me the older I get. Even if they gave me the sewerage system, I'd give it a good go."Brady said in a previous interview: "I'm a Conservative supporter, and if they asked me, I'd do anything for my country. That becomes more appealing to me the older I get. Even if they gave me the sewerage system, I'd give it a good go."
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