Separated at birth - what a carry on (Guru)

Separated at birth - what a carry on

June 11, 2009

Keeping it super-topical, this week's first HR look-a-likes are the twin craggy features of Suralan-soon-to-be-Lordalan Sugar, and [itals]Carry On icon Sid James.

Sugar looks set to be given a peerage so he can become Gordon Brown's 'enterprise tsar' - in no way a publicity stunt to turn the media focus away from our beleaguered PM. What he ends up being called will be dictated by the strict rules governing titles.

First names are not used, so while he might choose to be Lord Sugar of Hackney, where he was born, he will never actually be 'Lord Alan Sugar'.

Sadly, Conservative pressure is building on the lord of reality TV to step back from his role on 'The Apprentice', with shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt branding the job "completely incompatible" with presenting the show. The peerless Suralan, Guru suspects, is likely to carry on regardless.

Our other, entirely untopical uncanny look-a-likies are pop heartthrob Justin Timberlake and [itals]Personnel Today's very own deputy editor Mike Berry - currently sunning himself in blissful ignorance on holiday and therefore unable to prevent Guru publishing this.

More suggestions please to guru@personneltoday.com

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