What a fiddle!! When 4 went through to the final, I was happy for all of them. Unfortunately, this was a ruse by Sir Alan, so that Lee didn't go up against Claire one on one in the final. If they had, their would have only be one winner, and it wouldn't have been the one with the dodgy CV!!

Paul, Bedford, England

Well done Lee!i am sure u can "produce" which is what it is all about.dont listen to the knockers and there will be many.How lovly to hv the benfit/good fortune of formal education but a lot of us did not and can teach the academics a thing or 2! keep us posted.gd luck.look forward to yr progress. b

Bridget harbottle, Virginia Water, UK

Stop moaning and groaning about how he lied on his C.V, at the end of the day the job didn't require the particualr qualifications of this so called 2 years at Uni, so Sir Alan took everything into consideration, and that is why Sir Alan is where he is today! He knows what his doing! Well done Lee!!

Dan, London,

Personally as a 16 year old i think it is very important to look closer at what Lee's 'crime' actually was, the fact that he wrote he had attended a course for two years when it was only four months. Does anyone who is attacking him about this actually know the details as to why? i think not.

Elliot, Cambridge, United Kingdom

The TV company that makes this programme could have 'fired' Lee for the CV 'incident' but would they???

You hereby warrant that you have truthfully and accurately completed this application form and acknowledge and agree that the Company may in its sole discretion disqualify you from any interview, auditioning process, competition, event or the Programme at any stage if you supply or have supplied any untruthful, inaccurate or misleading details and/or information and/or have failed to abide by the Rules or are otherwise in breach of any of the terms of this application.

kean Gunton, swindon, wiltshire

I think the Badger should have won!!!

Seriously though is their salary paid by Sralan or the BBC? I hope NOT the BBC as mch as it's been v v entertaining I don't want my licence fee paying their salary.

As for the lying, he didn't lie to strectched the truth to fit...we've all done it?

Joe, Manchester, UK

I have followed the series and think the right candidate won, he has worked damn hard throughout, delivered and doesnt dress his words.He is what he is and thats real and the way he went off to rehearse the final presentation was great.

Claire will do well - shes got a friend in a high place

alix, portsmouth, england

Joe, Bristol. You are confusing the world you might live in with the wider reality. No one I know has lied on their cv. Actual achievers don't need to. People may 'sell' what they have done to best effect, but that's different to lying about 20 months of their lives. Sugar's decision is a disgrace.

Graham, Oxford, UK

Lee is not a role model for the younger generation. It was a TV show. There are not many people who haven't fiddled with something on their CV to get ahead, and quite frankly if you're never ever going to tell even the smallest white lie, then you'll be a long time waiting for your dream career.

Joe, Bristol, UK

My sixteen year old daughter has been an ardent follower of this programme. Soon after the summer she will submit her UCAS form along with her personal statement for a university place. It is an absolute disgrae that a blatant LIAR has been promoted as role model for the younger generation.

S. Kumar, halifax,

Blatant liars make the best bussiness men. What's new in that??

S. Kumar, halifax,

Liars win!!
excellent message to the next generation!!

S. Kumar, halifax, uk

Those who think Lee was inarticulate would do well to review his apology in the board room for the 'overflowering' of his CV. He was one of the most impressive talents at thinking and articulating on his feet I've seen. Claire merely repeated herself energetically: "dog with a bone"; "rottweiler"...

Will, Oxford, UK

The world is beginning to think like Americans...it takes a cheat to get anywhere, and he or she is usually admired as opposed to berated. The fact that he is handsome is enough for him to make it big in the States. Brits are far more honorable people but learning from the colonies.

FRED WINSTON, MOSS BEACH, USA/CA

Great result - picked him out 4 weeks ago !
My youngest has a Masters degree but his spelling has faults albeit inproving now he is over 40 !

denise, leeds, UK

Entrepreneurs want people with a single minded ambition loyally to do the boss's bidding in the way he wants it done. S'rallan knows Claire will have a good indepent career. Lee's public CV lie means, despite his sales abilities to other "blokes", including to S'rallan, he has nowhere else to go.

Frank, Geneva,

Claire will make a super car sales-person !

denise, leeds, UK

Clearly, the final should have been Claire vs Lee, and Claire would have been the strongest candidate. In my opinion Sir Alan deliberately made it 2 teams of 2 in the final, with Claire and Lee on the same team, so he could make his sexist decision look less obvious than last year's.

Bev, Bristol, UK,

Lee is 30. What kind of age is that for an Apprentice?

Plus the salary is only £100,000, and is paid by the BBC, not Alan Sugar, for only a year.

If someone is an ambitious, talented businessperson, and isn't earning at least twice that by the age of 30, then he's no bloody good!

David Short, London,

That's what I'm talking about. Go Lee McSteamy, the best man won.

I think Claire was putting up an act, no one changes that quickly.

Bukky, London,

If I had a choice I would sooner have Lee as my boss than Claire. A gentleman rather than a rottweiler any day!
'Simpoo as vat !!'

carol, Leicester, UK

Lee's unprovoked attack on Sara, his treatment of Lucinda and the stupid stupid lie on his CV prove he isn't the nice bloke everyone says he is. He's a chancer and annoying. Sugar has made a mistake but perhaps they deserve each other. Will not watch the next series, can't take Sugar seriously.

Simon, MArlborough, UK

Well it seems I have seen a different program to the demographic of people on here! It was the worst bunch of candidates I have witnessed since the inception of the program.

Lee = Double glazing salesman

Claire = Club rep

Compared to the first apprentice Tim, they are as linear!!!!!!!

PM, Newcastle, UK

Anyone who is discovered to have lied on a CV should be sacked instantly. Alan Sugar should take the lead and sack him now to let others know that it is not acceptable.

William, London, UK

The Apprentice highlights that in life, people deal with people -not academic qualifications and backgrounds!! The winner of the show is always the one that appeals most to Sir Alan, and rightly so as it is his business!

Ian, St.Albans, UK

Nicholas de Lacy Brown - strong academics but was not good at applying himself in the business world.

Lee Mc Queen - awful academics but had strong business intellect.

Lying on your CV is not good BUT Sir Alan made the right choice. Lee consistently showed what a strong candidate he was.

Milan, London, UK

Alan Augar can always have my help if he needs it.

ps: Well done Lee

Stephen, London, UK

Why is this reported as if it was news? Why does anyone care? It is just another stupid TV stunt.

Roger Tilbury, Worthing,

ARGH! I was looking forward to watching the final tonight on iPlayer - I can't believe it was on the front page for all to see!

Still, I'm certain it will be entertaining regardless. This series has been fantastic from start to finish - I only hope Sir Alan needs another Apprentice next year!

Christopher Crichton-Rankin, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, UK

I am 28 years old and very much like Lee. But the difference with me is that I don't have as much experience as Lee. I've landed myself a top job in the city working for an investment firm. You don't need degrees or to be part of the ol boys network. Let Lee be an inspiration to all.

M A Islam, London, UK

The show is a good reminder, that even when a female is a STRONGER & BETTER candidate, the business world will always chose the Man
I am shocked that the Prime Minister said that we should respect such a sexist choice.
This is the 2nd time that Sir Alan has not chosen the stronger female candidate

Elizabeth, London,

I personally think this country as it is no respect for education and encouraging someone who lies and disrecpects teh education system has been given a SIX figure salary...what role model is he to todays generation...Shame on thsi decision.

I dont think i will watch this programme again.

tej

teja;, harrow,

Lee is an uneducated foul-mouthed cheat who embellished his CV to get onto the show. Sir Alan has, once again, got it so wrong! I really wonder if AMS made his money legitimately, because he doesn't come across as a savvy businessman! Only his first apprentice Tim, was a good decision; not the rest

Dave, Letchworth Garden City, UK

The Apprentice is a guide to the glass ceiling. Sir Alan truly does treat male and female candidates equally - at first. But as the candidates get closer to the top, suddenly the women start being accused of being either too strident or too soft, of "talking too much" and are weeded out.

SM, Kent, UK

I am applying to be the Apprentice. I am a yes woman, will never challenge my boss, like bullying people and have a vile temper. I haven't got a clue how to spell and have achieved very little in the past 10 years. I have no presentational skills and have a fictitious CV. I deserve the job!

kate, London, UK

I think Sralan is scared of ballsey women. He went for a predicatable mirror image of himself instead. What a shame. Claire was mouthy but I would trust her over someone who lied on their CV any day of the week.

Kate S, Tunbridge Wells,

Is this really an important item of news in this crumbling sick country of our's?Economic chaos,political corruption,overpaid footballers getting married (not in Liverpool) and all you can print is this trash.What is the Times coming to? Shame.

james allen, liverpool, england

To have hired someone who was proven to have lied was a terrible decision.

Much as I respect Sir Alan's past achievements, its impossible to view a manager who treats dishonesty lightly as a model businessperson.
What message did that send?

That's the last time I'll watch the program.

Michael, Ascot, England

I see the gutter press maintaining its obsession with reality tv.

Matthew, London, UK

Claire, an apprentice? Are you kidding? Would you like to hire a backstabber and disloyal person? If you have watched all the series, Claire was sincere to none.

Also one’s looks are counted, at least, SirAlan counts. If not Lee, I would have like Helen to win.

Tahir Shan, London, UK

I'm surprised there is not more "he chose the bloke again" comments. However he made the right decision. If Claire were a man, she'd be called arrogant and a bully and hated by the female population, but no, she's heralded as feisty and driven! Good luck to her if she can control her inner rage!

NB, Birmingham,

As far as I'm concerned Lee should have gone as soon as the 'inaccuracy' on his CV was discovered. There is no place in any organisation for someone who deliberately misleads. This result sets an appalling example for young people to follow.

Hannah, shropshire,

Yay for Lee!!! Better team player, better at motivating his team, passionate, driven, excellent at sales. Yes, he lied on CV but readily acknowledged his mistake. He was the least egotistical person in the house and for this reason most willing and able to learn and grow as an apprentice.

Petal, London,

The CV gaff aside, Lee won every task he led and was never taken into the board room. On that alone he beats Claire hands down. Had Sir Alan given the job to Claire despire her failures, that would have been PC gone too far.

Lee deservedly won on merit.

Ross, Ripon, UK

Lying on a cv leads to success. Well done Sir Alan, you've undermined hundreds of thousands of school, college and university students who work hard an honestly to achieve qualifications. Nothing wrong with a second chance, but lots wrong with lying. Do you expect this in business negotiations?

Clint, Brighton, UK

Thank you so much for giving us an example of referring to oneself in the third person. We ourselves would never have understood what was meant.

Peter Nuttall, Leeds,

Lee made his mistakes, but when it came to the tasks, he wasn't taken into the boardroom, unlike Claire. Given the duplicity of the other candidates this is a very strong endorsement of Lee. People shouldn't mistake loud and repugnant for drive and business savy. Would you hire her?

Brett, London, UK

To all the people moaning about spoilers.......... the programme was on LAST NIGHT. How long are they supposed to keep the result under wraps so that people who are late to the party can catch up. You missed it? Tough.

Well done, Lee, you were a great candidate.

Bev, Bucks, UK

Much like with Kristina last year, I expect Claire will receive plenty of job offers and end up in a better position than the chosen apprentice. Does Alan Sugar deliberately not choose the better candidate, to give the more malleable one a chance? That or he's sexist. At least Lee is likeable.

L, Coventry,

By condoning Lee's barefaced lies on his CV, Sir Alan has just given every job applicant the green light to falsify their CVs.

Cheats will prosper!

Note: grammatical errors and spelling mistakes on CVs will be overlooked...

I hav a ferst clars honurs digree fromm camebrig :-)

Mike, Barnet, UK

MB what a snobbish , elittist and frankly nauseating opinion. One of the reasons the UK is held back is because of class and an ever shrinking gene pool of toffs. America abounds with creativity because it is open to the best. not just the who knows who brigade or right school brigade.

John Kerr, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

Cllaire was good and learned a lot, unfortunately she had read every management manual first. Lee is a grafter and can turn his hand to anything put in front of him. They were both very good, and becuase one is not well spoken is not a fair critique.

John Kerr, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND

Thanks for spoiling it by putting the result in the headline.

Nick B, London,

Seriously? Lee?
Claire was robbed. I couldn't stand her at the beginning. She was started off on the wrong foot but swallowed the criticisms and changed her bad behaviour to become not only a team player but a great leader too. Truly outstanding.
Lee, well, that's NOT what Im talking about.

Liv, Mobberley, UK

why was this on the front page? such a spoiler...

maureen, nottingham,

What a surprise: Alan Sugar chooses an uneducated, inarticulate barrow boy male just like himself. Clearly no room for anything but yes-men in his so-called business (aka property dealership).

What a shame if this is the best British business can do but Claire will do much better elsewhere.

MB, Edinburgh,

1) "men rather than women": a) he has appointed women and b) did a lot of the women show themselves as team players?
2) "reason for not hiring Young": maybe he wasn't convinced that the tendency to undermine others had truly dissappeared?

steve, Preston, uk

I can't believe Sir Alan has picked the wrong apprentice again. Lee is more mouldable, but has not got the fighting spirit or business drive that Claire has. He should pick an apprentice who has something different to his own attributess to bring to the table.

Claire will go on to great things!

ricky, Potters Bar, UK

Lee has demonstrated skills in sales, brainstorming ideas, and in project leadership and has that fantastic, but rare, ability to make the whole team enjoy what they are doing. Plus he is still a rough diamond that can be polished further. Good choice!
Just a pity I can't do the polishing!

LS, St Albans, UK